Domestic violence and sexual abuse were the uncomfortable topics highlighted at a recent Prayer Breakfast organised by Mothers’ Union in Down and Dromore.
The event was held as part of the worldwide campaign 16 days of Activism against Gender Violence with which MU Worldwide engages each year.
The committee invited two senior figures who work with victims of domestic and sexual abuse to address MU members: DCI Anne Marks of the PSNI’s Public Protection Branch and Dr Olive Buckley, Clinical Director of the Rowan Sexual Assault Referral Centre.
DCI Anne Marks spoke first, explaining the law on sex in Northern Ireland…
