METRO FREE Monday, December 21, 2009 HELP METRO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT. RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER TODAY INSIDE TODAY See Page 3 Its a dogs life for the mutt who toured the world See Page 3 X Factor winner denied No.1 by Rage campaign PLUS Whats on TV tonight Pages 16-17 GERRY ADAMS yesterday sensationally revealed his late father emotionally, physically and sexually abused family members over many years. The shock disclosure followed the Sinn Fin presidents call for his brother Liam to give himself up to police in the North to an- swer charges of abusing his daughter during her childhood. MrAdams urged his brother to go to the PSNI for the sake of his niece Aine, who has waived her right to anonymity. He insisted he also had him dumped out of the party and, when he heard he was working with youths, reported that to the authorities responsible for the facility. Mr Adams said the family, which includ- ed 13 children, made the discovery about Gerry Snr in the 1990s. They received professional help, but the West Belfast MP said he had no recollec- tion of being personally abused. He ended up dying a very lonely man where he should have been surrounded by loving family members, he revealed. He added it was not the end of the world. It obviously tests your faith in humanity when an iconic figure like my father engages in the psychological and emotional and physical and sexual abuse of a child, of his child, he said. But with attention, with understanding, with resolve, and with love we can find our way through all of this. Mr Adams (pictured) explained why he waited so long to make the troubling revelations. I myself for a long time wanted this to be publicised because there is a culture of concealment. But we can only do this when everybody is strong enough to do it. And we dont do it for any other reason than as a necessary step in the healing process in our own clan. And also for other families who are in the same predicament, or individuals who just feel this is the end of the world, he said. I always also had a view that [it] was going to come out at some time, he added. BY MICHAEL McHUGH Adams: Father abused family Loss: Popular actress Brittany Murphy died suddenly yesterday from a reported heart attack Actress Brittany Murphy dies, 32 ACTRESS Brittany Murphy died yesterday at the age of 32. She was reportedly found unconscious in the shower at her Los Angeles home by her mother and was then rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Gossip website TMZ.com said Murphy went into full cardiac arrest and could not be revived. Murphy starred in such films as 8 Mile, Just Married, Sin City, Riding in Cars With Boys, Clueless and Girl, Interrupted. Movie blogs had been speculating that Murphy would play villain Harley Quinn in the next Batman movie. Quinn is an accomplice of The Joker played by the late Heath Ledger in the last instalment. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html