snakybus
Well-Known Member
I went to a school run by nuns in the heart of rural Ireland in the '80s and friends went to a Christian Brothers where the physical abuse was obviously very common, even after corporal punishment was banned. But what was weird is how the sexual abuse was sort of common knowledge, which is mental when I look back on it. As in such-and-such a priest would have his hands all over you in confession (when it was in a room, not a confession box) "hahaha, he's definitely one of them". It's only when I was a teenager that I started experiencing people - progressive sorts, really - expressing outrage by it. I was I guess fortunate to escape it all. Also, a nurse friend of mine worked in a centre for certain disorders in the early 2000s and the 'paedophile wing', such as it was, was predominantly priests.I was going to start talking about that side of things, but then I thought, it's tangential to what other people have been saying.
But since you've brought it in, I went to a priestly school. Never heard about anything like that. Ever. Physical abuse:loads back in the day, before my time, the lads gave it back though. Petrolbombed a priests car once.
I've also worked in a private psychiatric hospital. I was once sent into the archives to find some particular patient records. I recognised some names. That was a shocker I will say.