When two police officers arrived out of the blue at Paul Connelly's
door, he learned the shocking news that, out of the 10 children with
whom he had shared a dormitory in care, only two were still alive. The
revelation unearthed painful memories of a childhood that, until this
point, Paul had tried desperately to put behind him. Abandoned there at
two weeks old, Paul came of age in the infamous St. Leonard's Children's
Home in East London. The children there were routinely abused, often
over the course of many years. All were underfed, unloved, and told that
they would amount to nothing. Angry and frustrated, Paul channeled his
rage into boxing--but when an accident shattered his ambition to turn
professional, he found his true calling and became a successful trainer,
even working as a consultant on Elle Macpherson's The Body video. Paul
has finally found peace and fulfillment beyond anything he could have
imagined all those years ago. He now helps to heal broken bodies, build
confidence, and transform lives--but he will never forget his past and
the unnecessary victims of a broken society.
