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	Angry Brothers Reject Brosnan's Story of Cruelty By John Walshe Irish Independent June 12, 2006 http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3? ca=27&si=1631861&issue_id=14199 IRISH film star Pierce Brosnan has angered the Christian Brothers over claims of cruelty by them during his time in school. The comments were reported in 'The Times', which devoted a full page on Saturday to the decision by the Brothers to end their direct involvement in primary and secondary schools in Ireland. The decision was first reported in the Irish Independent on Friday and the coverage in 'The Times' was largely negative. It carried two articles, the second of which used comments attributed to the film star and other personalities. 'The Times' quoted a recent interview in which Brosnan remembered his "unhappy days" as a pupil under the Brothers before moving with his family to London. "You'd stand there saying the 'Our Father' and some little boy would come in late, and just because he was late, you could see the veins pop out of (the Brother's) skull and you'd see the kid's head crack against the door. You'd see him being kicked. "You'd see a little boy up at the blackboard trying to get the sums right and he couldn't, and he would be intimidated. And he would be whacked, 'Get the sum right!' - Whack! 'Get the sum right!' Whack! Until the s**t ran down his legs. "But the Brothers in both Ireland and England have expressed anger and dismay at the claims. They said they never had a school in Navan, Co Meath, the hometown of Mr Brosnan. "All allegations made by him concerning the Christian Brothers are without foundation," said a statement. It added that news of the Brothers establishing a new educational Trust for their schools provided the most recent context for reporting on blatantly false accusations against their members. "The inaccurate information referred to concerning Mr Brosnan has been offered in biographical details in other contexts and in many places on the web," said a statement. The Brothers have requested 'The Times' to acknowledge the inaccuracy and to publish an apology. It is understood that there is also anger of very strong remarks made by Labour TD Emmet Stagg who called the Brothers "the greatest shower of savages and sadistic bastards I've met". Many of the other comments former pupils are much more positive.
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