Ciaran shares his experience of being sexually assaulted by another man and why he is speaking out about it
to the rape by a man of a man (male/male rape) are few and far between
The film shows how his silent suffering crippled his relationships
Rape of males is still taboo, and has a negative connotation among heterosexual and homosexual men
The vast majority of male rapes are never reported, and although men constitute 5 to 10 percent of all victims who were raped as adults, they tend to report their assaults to authorities even less than women who have been r
In , Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested and confessed to raping and killing 17 young men and boys, some of whom he then dismembered and ate
In their poll of gay and bisexual men, 47% said they had experienced sexual assault, with over a third of those saying they felt they could not speak to anyone about what had happened
Video and words by Sam Leader, ITV News' Here's The Story