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Forty’ abusers at Catholic school

By Andrew Norfolk
Times
November 28, 2017

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/forty-abusers-at-catholic-school-w75b7wfjg

Ampleforth Abbey in North Yorkshire is accused of being a “honeypot” for offenders
Photo by Paul Barker

Forty monks and teachers have been accused of sexually abusing boys at a leading Roman Catholic school that allegedly became a “honeypot” for offenders, it was revealed yesterday.

Reports of child sex offences at Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire were disclosed yesterday at a public hearing of an inquiry into the handling of abuse allegations by the Catholic church.

As a case study, the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA) is examining safeguarding policies at two fee-paying boarding schools run by the English Benedictine Congregation — Ampleforth, and Downside in Somerset. Riel Karmy-Jones, QC, counsel to the inquiry, said that it would consider the prevalence of child abuse within the Catholic church and the extent to which Catholic culture “has or does inhibit the proper…




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