Mumford & Sons frontman Marcus Mumford has revealed he was sexually abused as a child.
The singer, 35, told GQ that he felt “layers of shame” after the abuse, which started when he was just six years old.
“Like lots of people – and I’m learning more and more about this as we go and as I play it to people – I was sexually abused as a child,” Marcus said.
“Not by family and not in the church, which might be some people’s assumption. But I hadn’t told anyone about it for 30 years.
“And for some reason, and I can’t really understand why, I didn’t become a perpetrator of sexual abuse – although I’ve done my fair share of c**tish behaviour.”|
Marcus added that his mother only found out what had happened after hearing it in the lyrics of one of his songs, Cannibal.
The lyrics read: “I can still taste you and I hate it / That wasn’t a choice in the mind of a child and you knew it.”
Marcus is married to Carey Mulligan and they have two children together.
He was raised by parent John and Eleanor, who were leaders of the evangelical Christian group, the Vineyard Churches.
He plays in the folk band alongside Ben Lovett and Ted Dwane, with fellow Mumford member Winston Marshall quitting the band last year.
They shot to fame in 2009 with their album Sigh No More, which included tracks The Cave and Little Lion Man.
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