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Jennifer Horgan: State's ‘diabolical intelligence’ in dealing with abuse persists

Jennifer Horgan: State's ‘diabolical intelligence’ in dealing with abuse persists

The vast majority of testimonies come from men such as David McLoghlin, and men, then boys, such as him.

THEY say time heals, but time can also warp and deceive. It flies, but it can also stand still. It can keep repeating.

Time is on my mind, as I sit with David McLoghlin, whose recent poetry collection Crash Centre explores his abuse in a boarding school in the early 1990s.

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