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Woman #2
Brendan Smyth told me I was going to go hell, and he was the one that was going to cure me, to save me from the fires of hell. My body was on fire, the parts that he had raped. I thought what would it be like if the rest of me were in the flames, because it really felt like I was on fire. He had me sucked in.“He raped me, he abused me, he took pictures of me, he humiliated me, he took my life – and every time it happened another part of me died. To this day I don’t know where those photographs are that Brendan Smyth took of my body.
Eric
I was 15 when it first started. I had gone to him for help and he took advantage of me. He knelt down in front of me and put his hands on legs and continued to rub up and down. As i left he kissed me on the lips. Similar abuse occurred every week until one day he manipulated me into thinking there was something wrong with me and that he was the one that could help me. he forced me to please him regularly till one day him and his friend forced themselves on me.
Church in Monageer - victim anon
Confession was a major time that i felt unhappy about. This was held on the altar with him sitting in a chair and us kneeling on red cushions at his feet. The rest of the class remained in their seats and were told to keep their eyes closed because they were in a house of God and to show respect. We were told that if our eyes were closed our prayers would go straight to God. If we opened our eyes while the confession was occurring he would chastise us.
He would grasp my hands in his hands and pull them towards his private parts. The zip would be half down. He would pull me close and rub his face and mouth around my jaw while asking me questions about my family. He put his hands under my skirt and fondled my legs to mid-thigh. whether i was in his own house in his sitting room or at my house or a relative's house, i would be sitting on his knee and being touched but when other people were there it was made to look like i was being tickled. It continued on for two or three years.
Ian
When i 16 years. I attended a communications course organised by the Mater Hospital. HE was conducting the course. I got a job in the same building as him. One day while he was working on the sound desk, HE bent over me to show me how to do something and pressed down on me. He then fumbled with his belt and i shouted "no, no", struggling for breath. He took down his trouser and touched me. He was brutal and painful. He left me "in a mess on the floor, bleeding heavily". He proceeded to carry out sound mixing in the studio while I was sobbing.
Vincent
I was 17 when i decided to look for work in Wexford. i asked HIM for directions to the hostel. He offered me a place to stay in his house and to help me find work. At approximately 2 o'clock on Saturday morning. HE came into the guest bedroom where I was sleeping and, after undressing himself, removed my clothes. A series of sexual assaults took place that day. I remember HIM saying "'this is natural". On Sunday night he raped me which was extremely painful and shocking. On the Monday, he handed me bus fare home and instructed his housekeeper to drive me to the bus station.
Woman #2
Brendan Smyth told me I was going to go hell, and he was the one that was going to cure me, to save me from the fires of hell. My body was on fire, the parts that he had raped. I thought what would it be like if the rest of me were in the flames, because it really felt like I was on fire. He had me sucked in.“He raped me, he abused me, he took pictures of me, he humiliated me, he took my life – and every time it happened another part of me died. To this day I don’t know where those photographs are that Brendan Smyth took of my body.
Eric
I was 15 when it first started. I had gone to him for help and he took advantage of me. He knelt down in front of me and put his hands on legs and continued to rub up and down. As i left he kissed me on the lips. Similar abuse occurred every week until one day he manipulated me into thinking there was something wrong with me and that he was the one that could help me. he forced me to please him regularly till one day him and his friend forced themselves on me.
Church in Monageer - victim anon
Confession was a major time that i felt unhappy about. This was held on the altar with him sitting in a chair and us kneeling on red cushions at his feet. The rest of the class remained in their seats and were told to keep their eyes closed because they were in a house of God and to show respect. We were told that if our eyes were closed our prayers would go straight to God. If we opened our eyes while the confession was occurring he would chastise us.
He would grasp my hands in his hands and pull them towards his private parts. The zip would be half down. He would pull me close and rub his face and mouth around my jaw while asking me questions about my family. He put his hands under my skirt and fondled my legs to mid-thigh. whether i was in his own house in his sitting room or at my house or a relative's house, i would be sitting on his knee and being touched but when other people were there it was made to look like i was being tickled. It continued on for two or three years.
Ian
When i 16 years. I attended a communications course organised by the Mater Hospital. HE was conducting the course. I got a job in the same building as him. One day while he was working on the sound desk, HE bent over me to show me how to do something and pressed down on me. He then fumbled with his belt and i shouted "no, no", struggling for breath. He took down his trouser and touched me. He was brutal and painful. He left me "in a mess on the floor, bleeding heavily". He proceeded to carry out sound mixing in the studio while I was sobbing.
Vincent
I was 17 when i decided to look for work in Wexford. i asked HIM for directions to the hostel. He offered me a place to stay in his house and to help me find work. At approximately 2 o'clock on Saturday morning. HE came into the guest bedroom where I was sleeping and, after undressing himself, removed my clothes. A series of sexual assaults took place that day. I remember HIM saying "'this is natural". On Sunday night he raped me which was extremely painful and shocking. On the Monday, he handed me bus fare home and instructed his housekeeper to drive me to the bus station.
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