136/365 : Rowan McDonagh in County Clare
Rowan is brave, resilient and strong. Even though he says he felt much stronger when he was 8 years old.
When he was 8 he was sexually abused by three teachers. The abuse continued until he was 11. “The days that I used to get abused in the morning, first thing, they were the best because it was done for the day. So I think back to how strong that little guy was.”
It’s difficult for me to even type those words, I can’t fathom how hard it’s been for him to say them. He’s 49 now, and it was only just 5 years ago he found the tools he needed to unburden himself. After many years of anguish and…
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