Stories of Hope
Avril Advocacy Support
My younger sister confided in me that she had been sexually abused as a child, by a man who had also abused me as a young teenager. I felt the burden of many decisions to make and was very unclear on how best to help my sister, who to inform and what our options were in attempting to limit this man’s potential to do more damage.
From my first meeting with the Advocacy worker in One in Four I began to feel that I was not alone in this and started to make sense of all the possible options available to us. Being a complainant in a case like this can be a very lonely and bewildering experience. Despite strong family support I am not sure if we would have made it this far through the legal process without One in Four’s advice and help every step of the way.
I can honestly say that One in Four have been the most positive aspect of the difficult journey that my family and I are going through and I cannot overstate their value to victims in such cases, whatever choices the victims may make.
