Abbot of Ampleforth Questioned over Child Sex Abuse Claims

By Andrew Norfolk
The Times
September 1, 2016

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/abbot-of-ampleforth-questioned-over-child-sex-abuse-claims-q5780h9vw

The Right Rev Cuthbert Madden: allegations relate to events in the early 1990s

The most senior figure at Britain’s leading Roman Catholic public school is under criminal investigation for alleged sex offences against boys.

The Right Rev Cuthbert Madden, chairman of the governors at Ampleforth College, has “stepped aside from his responsibilities” after being questioned by police during an inquiry into complaints by four former pupils.

As the abbot of Ampleforth, Father Cuthbert heads Britain’s largest Benedictine community and chairs the educational trust that governs the school.

Ampleforth has had a series of allegations linking priests to the abuse of boys made against it in recent years. Since 1996 three monks and a…