Rory O'Neill AKA Panti

All the boys knew.

The idea that...

The powers in this group didn't know.

It's just absolute nonsense.

And that priest interfered, however you want to phrase it.

Abused, I suppose.

Yes.

Interfered is sort of... I can hear myself saying, this sounds weird.

But anyway...

He abused, to different levels, loads of people that I knew and my friends and everything.

And he never touched me or came near me because I think he recognised in me and other kids, and I wasn't the only one, as being mouthy and unafraid to say something.

And I think he was right.

I was a mouthy, annoying kid in that way.

And I would have said something to my mother or one of the other priests or whatever.

They groom, you see, they groom, don't they?

And so, yeah, I do think I was precociously aware of myself as a standalone person and that I...

had the ability to make a lot of decisions myself.

Well, you know, I agree.

I know it can be annoying sometimes and over the years, you know, because I'm very certain about some things and that drives people mad.

And so I think I probably mellowed a bit over, you know, you get older and you understand, whatever.