AUSTRALIA
The Courier
Melissa Cunningham
@MeljCunningham
11 Mar 2017
Rob Walsh’s soul has been broken.
His brothers Damien and Noel Walsh, and cousin Martin Walsh were all sexually abused by Catholic Clergy.
In the years following, each of them suicided.
“The church destroyed my family unit, it broke our souls,” he says his eyes filling up with tears.
“I was once told you could break a man and you can. But how do you put that man back together?”
Noel, 19, died in a single car crash which Mr Walsh later determined by talking to police and doctors was suicide.
Martin suicided at the age of 22, shortly after finishing his carpentry apprenticeship.
Damien was 46 when he was found dead in his garage.
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