York man's renewed hope law will be passed in memory of his brother
Declan's Law would mean all child victims of sexual abuse would be offered counselling before the case goes to court
A York man says he'll never give up on his campaign to make sure all children who have been sexually abused are offered counselling before the case goes to court.
Kev Curran says he's got renewed hope "Declan's Law" will become a reality after meeting with the justice secretary.
The legislation is named after his little brother - who took his own life aged 13 after being told he couldn't speak to a professional about his abuse in case it prejudiced the upcoming trial.
"I love my brother and I think about him all the time, he is a real person I've kept his memory alive because it was an injustice. I just feel like he doesn't have to die in vain, somebody else can benefit from this campaign and it would mean the world to me for his name to be attached to it because it will go down in history."
"He was just a kind sweet, gentle person, he was obviously very damaged and very broken inside, he had a lot of mental health problems because of what he'd experienced but he was such a beautiful light in the world and we miss that light dearly."
"Imagine being the child and feeling like nobody believes you or that nobody cares, even if that's not true, that's what you are experiencing, it feels like you have to stay silent. We weren't equipped, we didn't have the skills, we were traumatised children, it needed professionals to come in, we feel like we were let down massively by the system."
Kev recently met Alex Chalke and says it was an amazing experience: "It's actually unbelievable that I've managed to reach that level and get to that level of power with this campaign but it's not enough, I need it to turn into law, I need it to turn into action."
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