The Neary scandal - Programmes a challenge to us all

THE appalling, barbaric story of disgraced former doctor Michael Neary is well known.

Like a recurring, inescapable bad dream the images that define Neary’s infamous behaviour are so awful that we cannot avoid confronting them or the environment that allowed him to inflict such pain on women who had entrusted themselves to his care.

The implications and consequences of Neary’s behaviour are today — five years after he was struck off — unavoidable for anyone who hopes we have become a society where deference and privilege are no longer shields for wrongdoers.