In November 2009 former national and Olympic swimming coach Ger Doyle
was convicted of thirty-five sexual offences against children. This is
just the most recent of an appalling series of child sexual abuse
scandals in Irish swimming. Long before Ger Doyle was charged,
renowned swimming coaches George Gibney, Derry O'Rourke and Frank
McCann had become synonymous with some of the worst crimes against
children ever to come before the Irish courts; Fr Ronald Bennett,
founder of the Schools Swimming Association, was also charged with
sexual assaults against his pupils. All these coaches, the most
respected in the sport, preyed on young swimmers. They exploited their
dreams of greatness and betrayed the trust of their parents. Between
them, they are believed to have left hundreds of victims in their
wake. And the failure of the sport's authorities to respond adequately
to complaints paved the way for the abuse of many more young victims.
In candid interviews, survivors outline the effects of the abuse -
psychiatric illnesses, broken marriages, financial hardship, and
alcohol and drug addiction. Deep Deception examines the structures of
Irish swimming, looks at the reasons these men escaped justice for so
long and assesses the measures that have been taken to protect
children in the aftermath of the scandals. This updated edition
includes new chapters and previously unpublished material.
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ISBN
9781788492447
Publisert
2020
Utgave
2. utgave
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Vendor
The O'Brien Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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