Irish Americans outraged at Irish child abuse report

'The collar shouldn't save them from prosecution'

"I myself saw a lot of things that I will never repeat in the Christian Brothers School that I went to as a young lad, and it’s just a shame that it took all these years for it to come out in the open.”

Blind eye

Rush, who said he is still a devout Catholic and will be until the day he dies, added that what angered him the most is that parents, other teachers and adults turned a blind eye to what went on.

 “Kids would tell their parents, but sure what would happen then - they would get the beating at home for disrespecting their elders,” said Rush.

“Back then that was how it was, you kept your mouth shut and it was supposed to all go away. Well, that report in Ireland proves that it never went away.”

Rush tucked his rosary beads away as he left the steps of the church and blessed himself, a blessing he was giving up for the victims.

Fiona Brennan, who spent the first 10 years of her life in County Sligo before moving to County Derry with her family, said she wasn’t surprised. 

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