Ahead of the Vatican conference on abuse in the Church, The Irish Times speaks to clerical abuse survivor Darren McGavinDarren McGavin is now 47 and still in recovery. His abuse by Tony Walsh ended when he was 11 but it was 10 years later before he did anything about it. The intervening years were marked by much drug abuse and as many as “five or six” suicide attempts. They asked (1) his view of “the situation in Ireland now in relation to the abuse of children by priests or religious”. .”Clerical abuse survivor Darren McGavin, now 47 and still in recovery.

Source: The Irish Times February 21, 2019 00:11 UTC