IRELAND
Irish Mirror
8 AUG 2016
BY CORMAC O’SHEA
The former pupil said smashing the skull of a Christian Brother gave him ‘satisfaction’ after abuse he suffered
A former pupil at a Christian Brothers school has described how he took revenge for classroom abuse by digging up a Brother’s grave and smashing their skull.
The man said he had been beaten with a leather strap in front of his classmates when he was a pupil at the school in Ireland.
Giving his name only as ‘Dave’, he told Niall Boylan on Classic Hits 4fm, how he later gained revenge for the treatment he received.
He said: “When I was about 15 or 16 a few of the lads went up to an orchard, and in the orchard there used to be a graveyard and you could see half of the coffins.
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.