Show Notes
Fiona Doyle was seven years old when her father Patrick O'Brien abused her on the night before her First Holy Communion.
She would end up suffering through years years of rape and abuse at the hands her father, but in 2013, she finally got justice, and the infamous paedophile was jailed.
Fiona has now become a beacon of light and hope for many survivors of abuse, and in this interview she speaks about her own harrowing experience, her advice for victims, and her criticism of the Irish justice system.
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