A powerful video of a politician revealing he had been abused by priests has gone viral in Ireland ahead of this weekend’s visit from the Pope.
Michael O’Brien was an audience member in 2009 on RTE’s Questions and Answers, and when given the microphone lambasted politicians’ response to the accusations of child rape in the Irish Catholic church.
Trembling with emotion he told the panel, which included current Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar: ‘I got raped on a Saturday, got a merciful beating after it and he then came along the following morning and put Holy Communion in my mouth.
https://metro.co.uk/2018/08/22/powerful-video-of-catholic-abuse-victim-captivates-ireland-ahead-of-pope-visit-7872311/
https://metro.co.uk/2018/08/22/powerful-video-of-catholic-abuse-victim-captivates-ireland-ahead-of-pope-visit-7872311/