13: Matt O’Brien: When the Monster is Your Father

“Monsters” are the people who commit the most heinous of acts. So what happens when that monster is your father? How do you process it? 

When I was 16, the head of our family, Ralph O’Brien, took his own life, leaving us to sort through his trail of lies, financial wreckage and our own grief. Four years later, we discovered he had sexually abused our eldest brother. Today, I sat with my youngest brother, Matthew, to discuss the monster who was our father. 

This one goes deep.