After revelations from the recent Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, it would appear that the abusers were mainly adults. However, the Royal Commission also investigated ‘child to child’ sexual abuse cases, including abuse cases that occurred in boarding schools. It is difficult to know what percentage of child sexual abuse is perpetrated by other children, but some authors suggest that sexual abuse offences by young people account for up to 50% of offences against children (1). Furthermore, it has been found that “an unwanted sexual act by a child has the same psychological impact on the … Continue reading Sexual abuse of children by children.