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A New Report Is Highly Critical Of The Process Of Disclosing Childhood Abuse.

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The study finds many adults would not have disclosed, had they been aware of the process involved.

A report has found many adults would not have disclosed abuse they were subjected to as children, had they been aware of the processes involved.

The Irish Examiner reports that a majority of those who had made retrospective disclosures to Child Protection Services also said they were not told that their information would be shared with someone else during the assessment process.

Furthermore, a majority felt they were not kept up-to-date on the assessment of their disclosures

Report author, Dr. Joe Mooney is Assistant Professor of Social Work at the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice at UCD.

He joined Eoin Beatty on Thursday's edition of Kildare Today.

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