The Independent
  • 3 months ago
Victims of alleged abuse at religious-run schools in Ireland said it ‘ended their childhood’PA

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00:00Participants in the inquiry told us that it led to the premature end of their childhood.
00:09It affected their academic performance in school.
00:14It caused mental health issues and the use of alcohol or drugs to numb painful feelings.
00:20It damaged survivors' relationships with their family and even their own children.
00:26Some survivors were unable to visit their parents' graves because their abuser was
00:31buried nearby in a plot in the same graveyard.
00:36Some survivors said they left Ireland specifically to get away from memories of sexual abuse.

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