UNITED KINGDOM
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
4 July
Victims, survivors and experts talked about the impact of child sexual abuse during an Inquiry Seminar held today (4 July).
The Seminar, which is being held across two days, will enable the Inquiry to gather information and views for consideration.
An Inquiry report, The Impacts of Child Sexual Abuse: A Rapid Evidence Assessment, was also discussed by participants at the seminar.
Speaking about the impact of CSA on victims and survivors, Claire Soares, a member of the Inquiry’s research team, said: “The report found there were significant, lifelong and wide-ranging adverse impacts of CSA. But resilience and recovery are possible provided there is effective and timely support available to victims and survivors.”
Cate Fisher, also a member of the research team, said that the impact of CSA on wider society was also significant. She said analysis conducted by the NSPCC concluded that CSA cost the economy an estimated £3.2 billion a year – including money spent on the criminal justice system and mental health services. However she said that the largest part of this cost to the economy was due to victims and survivors of CSA being more likely to be unemployed or in lower-paid jobs.
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