Mum and dad of tragic abuse victim tell of unbearable pain

The parents of a man who drank himself to death, Kathleen and Teddy Maher, have told how their only son Darren was tortured by the abuse he suffered at the hands of his sports coach.

Patrick Sharkey is now in prison after admitting to preying on three boys during extracurricular activities while a teacher at St Joseph’s High in Coleraine.

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/our-beautiful-boy-drank-himself-to-death-because-of-paedophile-ni-teacher/a1827919868.html

Video, picture collects and editing: Aodhán Roberts/Belfast Telegraph.

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