'A secret no child should have to carry': Man and woman recall 'absolute horror' of abuse by Christian Brother

"I would imagine a wooden box deep inside me with a big iron lock and I would push those memories into the box with all my might and firmly lock it."

'A secret no child should have to carry': Man and woman recall 'absolute horror' of abuse by Christian Brother

A man and a woman who were abused by a Christian Brother in the 1980s have told a court about the impact of the abuse on their lives.

John Gibson (72) of Dun Laoghaire, Dublin is to be sentenced next month after he was found guilty of two charges of indecent assault against a 12-year-old girl at a Christian Brothers’ School in Co. Wexford in 1983.

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