At least 12 of the abused children committed suicide, while many more lived troubled lives.
Finally, on June 19, it seemed as if these long-lived troubles might be over.
It has always interested me how we turn to the bleak, dark, vicious and blackly humorous so often in entertainment – aren't our lives troubling enough?
From threatening terror in the Middle East to technology taking over our lives, "Trouble With the Curve" reminds us of a simple, classic time for a father and child to bond, share and enjoy the sport that is our heritage.
"I've lived with these troubles for 20 years & I knew what was happening," he said.
The psychological impact of border checks on those who lived through the Troubles, on those who are finally learning to live with a new geography, cannot be overstated.
However, the peace is likely to be short lived and the troubles will spill over, amid a dispute over who controls the rights to vast gas reserves held in a storage facility in the Ukraine.
This is especially so for children living in troubled families and those who experience "adverse childhood events".
"I had so many severe trials & Sore troubles but would to God that I could live all my troubles over and have them aggravated to the full of human imagination if it would recall the life of my brother.
"All of the people are living through the troubles in our country, and this kind of meeting has happened over and over," she said.
The first production there will be the premiere of "Bethany," a dark comedy by Laura Marks, about a single mother with financial troubles living in a community that has been decimated by foreclosures.
