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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kate Ng

Liam Neeson says he was shamed by a priest at confession as a teenager: ‘The last time I ever went’

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Liam Neeson has revealed that he stopped going to confession at church when he was a teenager because of the way a priest reacted to one of his disclosures.

The Taken star was 15 years old when he told the priest at his church that he had “masturbated”, and was taken aback by the missionary’s response.

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