Abuse book bid to stop 'monsters' LITERATURE.Byline: By LYNNE KELLEHER A WOMAN repeatedly raped by her father as a young girl wrote a book to stop other "monsters" abusing children. Barbara Naughton, who wrote Daddy Please Don't, told how her father threatened to kill her when she finally reported his abuse. The 30-year-old, from Connemara, Co Galway, told the Gerry Ryan Gerry Ryan (born 4 June 1956) is a veteran Irish radio presenter, for RTÉ 2fm. Gerry Ryan was born in Clontarf, Dublin. His father Vinnie was a dentist, and his mother Maureen worked in the theatre. He was educated at St. show: "I feel deep down that I've done the right thing by coming forward, otherwise monsters like my father would continue abusing." Barbara's father Patrick was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2002. She said: "The first occasion was on the couch On the Couch is an Australian television program formally broadcast on the Fox Footy Channel and it focuses on the current issues in the AFL. This is now broadcast on Fox Sports after the closure of Fox Footy Channel. The show airs on Monday night and is hosted by Gerard Healy. when he raped me when I was eight." She decided to report her father when he tried to strangle Strangle An options strategy where the investor holds a position in both a call and put with different strike prices but with the same maturity and underlying asset. This option strategy is profitable only if there are large movements in the price of the underlying asset. her at 18, three years after the abuse stopped. She added: "He phoned me and threatened me from a phone box. He said he would kill me." CAPTION(S): VICTIM Barbara Naughton |
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