Deserted by his mother and abandoned by his father at just three
months old, Jerry Coyne was sent to live in a Catholic children's
home run by nuns of the order of the Sisters of Nazareth. Life soon
settled into a rhythm and then, one day, the beatings started.
Harsh, vicious punishments became part of everyday life for the
bemused little boy as the nuns attempted to beat the Devil out of
him. Jerry began to hide behind bad behaviour and at the age of 12,
his defiance resulted in him being sent to a boarding school for
boys with behavioural problems. Life then got worse when his
housemaster, the man whose job it was to take care of him, began a
regime of mental, physical and sexual abuse. Years of self-hatred
and guilt led to Jerry suffering from a severe stammer and,
eventually, he tried to hang himself. This was the turning point
and, after finally finding the courage to go to the authorities,
Jerry and numerous other victims came forward and were instrumental
in the conviction and imprisonment of their abuser. Devil's Child
is the devastating true story of a childhood destroyed by abuse and
of a young man's struggle to try to come to terms with the past and
believe in the future.
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