Mary Faltz

About Mary

 

Dr. Mary Faltz is a clinical research scientist and an accredited pharmacist. The second born in a family of six children, she is a survivor of child sexual abuse that lasted 16 years.

Pushed to the extreme by her abuser, she finally gathered all her courage and pressed charges when she turned 26.

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International Women’s Day 2022 

Orange Week 2021 

Octobre rose Fashion show 2024

Labels in society (TEDx Luxembourg 2021)

TEDx Luxembourg (December 2021)

Live chat 2020 (still in chemotherapy – cancer survival uncertain)

Conférence (Banque de Luxembourg) 2023

1 enfant sur 5

Conférence (Banque de Luxembourg) 2023

‘Pourquoi n’as-tu rien dit plus tôt ?’

THE BOOKs

Cruelly Betrayed

I put my own father in prison. 16 years of sexual abuse and threats. 16 years of fear and silence. 16 years of forced smiles and resilience. 10 years of studies. 7 years of pregnancy. 4 years of criminal trials. 10 years of marriage. 5 years of deception. Half a year of cancer…and only 37 years old.

There was no time to ask ‘Why me ?’. Facing my own mortality made me realise that a big chapter of my life was not over yet and that I was not as free as I thought I was. These pages have written themselves in the middle of a still, ongoing heavy storm.

Nicolas, a charismatic Christian figure, a sacrificing husband, and a hailed hero. But who is Nicolas really? What is hiding behind the smile of this seemingly generous father of six? What is his darkest secret?

Following her mother’s death, Mary felt the urgent need to understand exactly what had happened to her estranged mother. She embarked on a painful quest to dig up 30 years of archives, but what she discovered was beyond anything she could ever have imagined…

News & BLOG

Conférence-Débat à Niederanven le 16 octobre 2024

Conférence-débat dans le cadre des semaines de la santé mentale organisé par la commune de Niederanven Gemeng Nidderaanwen 🚩Mercredi, le 16 octobre 2024 à 19h00 au Centre Polyvalent « A Schommesch » à Oberanven. « Les violences psychologiques, physiques et sexuelles...

Walfer Bicherdeeg 2023

Merci for déi 2 flott Deeg!! See you next year 😉

Book reading and signing event at Café littéraire Le Bovary – 26th February 2022 (15h-18h)

It’s been a year since the official book launch and the feedback since has been overwhelming To celebrate this in style (and to celebrate the fact of simply being alive) I will have my first Book reading and signing event at the wonderful Café littéraire Le Bovary...

Taboo Podcast – Episode 12

TRIGGERWARNUNG- MËSSBRAUCH & SUIZID D'Mary ass klinesch Wëssenschaftlerin a Pharmazeutin. Mat 38 Joer erzielt hatt, wéi säi Liewen vu Mëssbrauch, Bedruch an dem Versoen vum eegene Kierper beaflosst gouf. Buchvirstellung an Diskussiounsronn den 25.11.2021 zu...

Le film qui fait ressurgir un drame familial

Le Film Fund a suspendu son soutien financier au nouveau film du Luxembourgeois Adolf El Assal. Son père a joué un rôle dans un autre film du réalisateur – également financé avec de l’argent public. Le père a fait de la prison pour abus sexuel. Photo: Mike...

Lundi littéraire – Aalt Stadhaus Déifferdeng le 4 mars 2o24

Lundi littéraire au Aalt Stadhaus organisé par la Ville de Differdange et la Bibliothèque Differdange le 4 mars 2024. Soirée importante, remettant notre société en question face à une problématique bien trop répandue. Beaucoup d’autres soirées conférences-débat...

Same same but different – 20 Questions

What an honor to welcome this week's guest. She is a true fighter; a true survivor and a total inspiration. She is: Mary Faltz. Mary has recently published a book entitled Cruelly Betrayed which talks about her tumultuous life: Mary put her father in prison after 16...

Table ronde – ARCA Bertrange

Présentation du livre et table ronde concernant les sujets évoqués sous la direction de Dr Mary Faltz et Dr Roland Seligmann (ALUPSE)

Reviews

A powerful, captivating testimony of human resilience in the face of multiple life traumas.

Jane McLelland

Award-winning, Bestselling author of How To Starve Cancer and a Stage IV cancer survivor of 26 years

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