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Altrincham Today
A former St Ambrose College pupil is to detail the abuse that he and others suffered at the school in a new book to be published next week.
David Nolan will release Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil on July 2nd, with a sold-out launch event at Local Creation in Altrincham tonight.
The book follows on from his involvement with the trial of former teacher Alan Morris, who was jailed for nine years last summer for decades of abuse at the Hale Barns school.
Nolan withdrew his right to give evidence in the trial in order to document the lead-up to the trial in an 11-minute film for Granada Reports.
The film prompted more former pupils to come forward – Nolan says a total of “nearly 100″ for the trial and after sentencing – and he says he has written the book to help those who continue to struggle with their experiences at the school.
He adds: “For the victims it didn’t happen in the past, because they thought about it this morning. One of the interviewees in the book tried to kill himself twice. I get very annoyed with people who say, ‘oh it’s all in the past’, because it isn’t in the past for them.
“Some of the victims got to see Morris in court, but for others, they never got that, so this is some form of alternative.
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