Blackrock College

‘Surge’ in calls to abuse helpline after Blackrock Boys documentary

One in Four has experienced a ‘significant’ increase in demand for its services since podcast outlining sexual abuse suffered in Dublin school was broadcast

Blackrock College: an RTÉ Radio 1 documentary claimed that accusations by 230 victims were made against 77 clerics at Blackrock College in Dublin from the 1970s. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

There has been a “surge” in calls from older men about alleged sexual abuse following the broadcast of a radio documentary last week, a charity has said.

One in Four, which provided support to the two men at the centre of RTÉ’s Blackrock Boys documentary podcast, said it has also received a large influx of calls from the families of men who have died by suicide or drug abuse since attending Blackrock College.

The podcast ...