It was very common for young girls to be sexually abused; my mother was a very devout (and innocent) young Irish Catholic. Can remember my uncles asking me to sit on their laps in full view of my ma and putting their fingers (surreptitiously) inside my knickers; never had any idea what was going on!
All was so different with my own 3 children - I guarded them with my life!
I was in a home run by nuns when I was 7; apart from one or two, they were the most evil and sadistic people on this earth. I have recently been contacted by a woman who wants us to tell our stories. Don't think that I can be bothered, really, as prefer to shove the memories to the back of my mind.
It is sad as I was robbed of the chance of higher education and university but my own children succeeded in their education. Told them last year about the rapes.