Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Domestic and Sexual Violence: Discussion
3:40 pm
Mr. Don Hennessy:
I am not sure if they are relevant. The people who arrive at the services, which is what all of the people here are dealing with, have already experienced the setting up and the grooming that I describe in my book. The people who perpetrate that are all of an ilk. They are all the same and they all operate in the same way. I call them "psychophiles" for the simple reason that they are driven by the desire to sexually control their partner. I know for a fact, because I have reviewed all the programmes these people are discussing, that nobody addresses the sexual aspects of their criminality. Their sense of entitlement is fuelled by their sexual desire to maintain priority.