Fort Augustus Abbey school was 'haven for paedophiles'

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A Catholic boarding school in the Highlands was a "haven for paedophiles", a report from the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has said.

It said that sexual abuse by monks at Fort Augustus Abbey, which closed in 1993, was a "desecration of their vows".

The report came after the inquiry heard evidence of physical, emotional and sexual abuse over many years.

It praised the BBC for bringing the issue into the public domain.

It was a BBC Scotland documentary in 2013 that first raised the issues of abuse perpetrated by Benedictine monks in Scotland.

The inquiry report said a number of the former pupils who provided evidence spoke positively about their involvement with the "Sins of Our Fathers" documentary by Mark Daly.

In June of this year, one former monk at the school - Fr Denis "Chrysostom" Alexander, who is now 85 - admitted two charges of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices against two boys between 1973 and 1976.

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A Catholic boarding school in the Highlands was a "haven for paedophiles", a report from the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has said. It said that sexual abuse by monks at Fort Augustus Abbey, which closed in 1993, was a "desecration of their vows".