The Irish actor [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] has revealed that he was sexually abused by Christian Brothers as a child.
The actor also disclosed that at the age of 11 he went to England to train as a priest but was sexually abused by a member of the clergy there.
Byrne said he had struggled with alcoholism and depression in the past, and that he had been "deeply hurt" over the abuse he endured as a boy.
The star of films such [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] and The [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] spoke openly about the abuse to [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]'s most famous broadcaster, Gay Byrne, on a new show, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], on RTÉ television.
"Unfortunately, I experienced some sexual abuse," he said. "It was a known and admitted fact of life amongst us that there was this particular man, and you didn't want to be left in the dressing room with him." "It took many years to come to terms with it and to forgive those incidents that I felt had deeply hurt me."
Another priest sexually abused him when he was 11 at the English seminary. "It didn't go on over a prolonged period but it happened at a very, very vulnerable moment," Byrne recalled
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