5. Land of Opportunity

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4.7 • 797 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

As more abusers face justice, we knock on doors across the US to understand Gibney’s path. Former colleagues talk about the popular co-worker and volunteer they called ‘John’.

Credits

Reporter: Mark Horgan Produced and written by: Mark Horgan and Ciarán Cassidy Co-Producer: Maria Horgan Research and fact checking: Killian Down Editing: Ciarán Cassidy Composer: Michael Fleming Sound mixing: Ger McDonnell

Theme tune by Aaron Dessner

Executive Producer for BBC: Dylan Haskins Commissioning Editor: Jason Phipps

Where is George Gibney? is a Second Captains Production for BBC Sounds

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0:00.0	This podcast. This podcast refers to child sexual abuse and contains interviews that some listeners may find upsetting, as well as some occasional strong language.
0:13.5	Episode 5, Land of Opportunity.
0:18.3	But in fairness, Swim Ireland tell us that what happened with Derry O'Rourke's national swimming coach, Frank McCann.
0:24.6	Frank McCann murdered his wife and daughter.
0:26.6	Derry O'Rourke, as I say, got 130 years in prison.
0:29.6	George Gibney, the national swimming coach, George Gibney fled the country after a number of cases against them collapsed on a technicality.
0:39.3	Do we know where Gibney is now, Aidan?
0:42.2	Gibney is somewhere.
0:43.9	I think he's doing a tour of America.
0:45.7	He's been in Denver, Colorado, Florida, California.
0:48.2	And is he still working with children?
0:51.4	I would expect so.
0:54.5	Incredible.
0:55.3	There's nothing like it in Irish sport ever.
0:59.0	These three national renowned coaches, O'Rourke, Gibney and McCann.
1:04.6	You have father Ronald Bennett as well.
1:06.4	They used to get the swimmers down here.
1:09.5	The bond, there was no bond whatsoever. It was an opportunity for Gib used to get the swimmers down here, the bond, there was no bond whatsoever.
1:11.6	It was an opportunity for giving me to abuse certain swimmers.
1:14.6	And the same with a rook.
1:16.6	Both of them used to use this garment town.
1:18.6	Now people would say there's not a ring, but I have my suspicions about it that these people knew what we're doing. The
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