Out of the Shadows

The moving story of triumph over the life-long effects of shocking sexual and physical abuse at an English Catholic 'Approved' School. David Armstrong poignantly and calmly describes his horrific beatings and sexual abuse, as a 13 year-old boy, by Irish-born, Catholic 'Christian Brothers', for a year at Dartford in Kent and the decade of resulting violent trauma in prisons, Borstals and ultimately Broadmoor.

From an often violent Broadmoor, there is a unique portrait of the consistent help given to the author and many other distressed inmates by disc jockey Jimmy Savile, which led directly to David Armstrong's release.

This is followed by David's determined self-education and rehabilitation and his recent realisation of the vital importance for his own sanity of practising true and genuine forgiveness.