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Overview: Patrick Touher was born in Ireland in 1942, and became an orphan early in life. He was fostered with a Dublin family until the age of eight, then the court system removed him from his happy environment, sending him to the Artane Industrial School, one of several infamous schools run by the Christian Brothers. Patrick remained there by law until he turned 16. During those 8 years, he was subjected to physical beatings and sexual abuse. In later life, Patrick took legal action against against the Christian Brothers, the Attorney General, the Minster of Education and the Minister of Justice in court, and gave evidence to the Irish Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse. "Fear of the Collar" was first published in 1991.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs > Autobiography > Institutional Child Abuse > Ireland
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Fear of the Collar: The True Story of the Boy They Couldn’t Break (2007)
Continuous labour, never-ending hunger, malicious cruelty and sexual assault — this was not a normal childhood.
Sent to an industrial school in Dublin at the age of seven, Patrick Touher was forced into a tough regime of education and training, prayer and punishment, strict discipline and fearful nights. No allowances were made for emotion, sentiment or boyhood worries, and anyone who disturbed the routine was severely punished. Artane demanded absolute obedience, absolute submission; Patrick’s was an education in cruelty and fear.
Patrick spent eight long years in Artane Industrial School. Run by the Christian Brothers, the school has become synonymous with the systematic and widespread abuse of children in Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s which is currently the subject of a formal inquiry.
A harrowing true story, Fear of the Collar bears testament to the courage and determination of the children that society forgot.
Scars That Run Deep: Sometimes the Nightmares Don’t End (2008)
Leaving his abusive Irish boarding school after eight long years, Patrick Touher thought his troubles were over. But the adult world was a dangerous place for a naïve adolescent. From the Dublin Catholic boys’ home to arriving alone in London, again Patrick is seen as easy prey. Yet Patrick’s strength, honesty and sense of humour never left him. The boy they couldn’t break fought back and eventually found love and a family. But the shadow of his early years was always with him. With the encouragement of his wife – a constant witness to his traumatic nightmares – Patrick set about taking the Christian Brother to task.
The eagerly awaited sequel to bestseller Fear of the Collar that doesn’t disappoint, Scars that Run Deep is a deeply moving and ultimately triumphant true story.
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