1:09:03
He came barging in, unannounced,
to the main building.
1:09:06
He was in a terrible rage...
1:09:08
and he looked like a man
possessed by the Devil.
1:09:11
Objection. Your Lordship,
the witness is demonizing my client.
1:09:15
Not so, my lord. The Sister
is merely expressing herself vividly...
1:09:18
using a figure of speech
appropriate to her occupation.
1:09:22
Objection overruled. Proceed, Sister.
1:09:25
He was like a man possessed.
1:09:27
He shouted at me, ''Where is my daughter?''
1:09:30
-He yelled at the top of his voice.
-And what did you say to him, Sister?
1:09:33
-l asked him if he had an appointment.
-And what did he say?
1:09:37
He grabbed me by the throat
and almost choked the life out of me.
1:09:41
Throttling me, he was.
1:09:43
He said if l didn't tell him
where his daughter was...
1:09:46
he would tear me limb from limb.
Those were his exact words.
1:09:49
-l thought he was going to murder me.
-And what did he do then, Sister?
1:09:54
l told him where the girl was
and he ran upstairs...
1:09:57
repeating his threats as he did so.
1:10:00
My neck was black and blue
from where his thumbs had been.
1:10:03
Did you report
this deplorable incident to anyone?
1:10:05
Yes, l phoned the police.
They will confirm every word.
1:10:08
Sister Theresa decided, out of the charity
of her heart, not to press charges.
1:10:12
No further questions, my lord.
1:10:17
Have l messed it up for us all, then?
1:10:19
You may have.
1:10:21
We're just gonna have to show
that this was an isolated incident...
1:10:24
not part of a pattern of behavior.
1:10:26
-l hope that was the only such incident?
-Of course it was.
1:10:30
Apart from the time you tried to punch
Father O'Malley at Fergal's.
1:10:33
That.
1:10:34
-And when you tried to kidnap your kids.
-Yes, but l was drunk on both occasions.
1:10:38
For God's sake, don't try to use
drunkenness as a defense.
1:10:42
lt doesn't impress them.
1:10:43
Haven't you heard the phrase,
''As sober as a judge''?
1:10:51
So, you see, Your Lordship...
1:10:53
l only shook Sister Brigid when
l found out she'd beaten up my little girl.
1:10:58
-l object, Your Lordship.
-Not as much as l object.