Dr Dan Daly, the executive vice president for youth care at Boys Town, Nebraska, says he has a connection with the Irish children who pass through as “I’m Irish”. “I know the Irish system,” he continues, “we have done some training [of personnel] in Ireland.”

"I do not believe that a child can be reformed by lock and key and bars, or that fear can ever develop a child’s character."

Fr Brian D’Arcy has told of the pain he’s been living with because of his censure by the Vatican.