Sir, – Once again a judge has cited the age of a child abuser as a mitigating factor regarding the length of his sentence (“Former teacher at Willow Park primary school jailed for 10 years over indecent assault of eight boys,“ December 8th).
As a victim of child abuse myself in the 1960s, I feel obliged to express my hurt and disappointment that this factor has been taken into account in this and several other sentences in the past.
Where was the age of victims ever taken into account by the abusers? – Yours, etc,
FINNIAN E MATHEWS,
RM Block
Skerries,
Co Dublin.
