A second victim of alleged sexual assault by an IRA member has broken his silence to describe his treatment at the hands of a “kangaroo court”.

The man told the Irish Independent that he and his brother were abused by a known terrorist as teenagers in their Co Louth home, an IRA safe house.

He has asked for his identity not to be revealed in order to protect his family, but says his story is familiar to that of Mairia Cahill, who is expected to meet Taoiseach Enda Kenny today.

The man, who is now in his late thirties, says that he was offered help by Sinn Fein officials during a kangaroo court sitting in 2002.

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The Irish Independent has seen correspondence between the alleged sex abuse victim and Sinn Fein officials which corroborates his claims.

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After his attacker admitted abusing the man and his younger brother – who were aged 17 and 14 at the time – the pair were given three options.

“We were told he could be executed and buried or be brought to us and we could do him ourselves. The third option was that he would be ordered to leave the country.

“We were traumatised but we are not murderers so we decided to go for the third option,” he said.

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Last night, Ms Cahill said Sinn Fein was making it difficult for victims of sex abuse to speak out.

“Every time they continue to deny it they’re continuing to cover up for those abusers because they’re letting them off the hook by sending out the message that they’re absolving them of their crimes,” she said.

Read the full story in today’s Irish Independent

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