Teen reveals harsh reality of living with regular sexual abuse
“I didn’t want him to stop loving me. No one else paid any attention to me or even noticed me.
“Whether it was good or bad it didn’t matter. It was still love and attention.”
This is just one teenager’s story revealing the harsh reality of life as a young person living with regular sexual abuse.
The abuse took place while the teenager was in care in Tayside.
She is now safe and has been talking to police.
The undoubtedly vulnerable girl said: “Now is different and I’ve been talking to police.”
The council’s Children and Families Services Committee are to be asked on Monday to note the potential implications of the inquiry.
It comes as Dundee City Council are set to debate The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry.
The committee is also to be asked to endorse arrangements in place to the Child Protection Committee in response to the implications and to instruct the city’s director of children and families to report back on any emerging local issues.
A police investigation into allegations of child abuse within football has received 130 referrals since it got under way in November.
Telling the story of the abuse suffered the teenager said: “My abuse was easily covered up.
“Kids in care need love and care as they clearly aren’t getting it from anywhere else which is why I craved the attention and love from that one person.
“The more love he showed the more I wanted.
“I couldn’t tell or I would have been all on my own again.”
Sadly, this kind of story is not unique.
According to Keiran Watson of Dundee children’s charity Eighteen and Under, serious sexual abuse of young people is happening on a daily basis across Tayside and Dundee.
“I didn’t want him to stop loving me. No one else paid any attention to me or even noticed me.
“Whether it was good or bad it didn’t matter. It was still love and attention.”
This is just one teenager’s story revealing the harsh reality of life as a young person living with regular sexual abuse.
The abuse took place while the teenager was in care in Tayside.
She is now safe and has been talking to police.
The undoubtedly vulnerable girl said: “Now is different and I’ve been talking to police.”
The council’s Children and Families Services Committee are to be asked on Monday to note the potential implications of the inquiry.
It comes as Dundee City Council are set to debate The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry.
The committee is also to be asked to endorse arrangements in place to the Child Protection Committee in response to the implications and to instruct the city’s director of children and families to report back on any emerging local issues.
A police investigation into allegations of child abuse within football has received 130 referrals since it got under way in November.
Telling the story of the abuse suffered the teenager said: “My abuse was easily covered up.
“Kids in care need love and care as they clearly aren’t getting it from anywhere else which is why I craved the attention and love from that one person.
“The more love he showed the more I wanted.
“I couldn’t tell or I would have been all on my own again.”
Sadly, this kind of story is not unique.
According to Keiran Watson of Dundee children’s charity Eighteen and Under, serious sexual abuse of young people is happening on a daily basis across Tayside and Dundee.
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