UNITED KINGDOM
Rutland & Stamford Mercury
Published on Monday 9 January 2012
Roman Catholic monks could lose control of running one of the country’s most prestigious private schools, based in Somerset, after more than 200 years following a series of sex abuse scandals, it has been reported.
Benedictine monks will hand control of affairs at the £26,000-a-year Downside School in Somerset to an independent governing body following a review of practices in the wake of the jailing last week of Richard White, 66, for abusing two boys there in the late 1980s, according to The Times.
Police have now confirmed two other men have received cautions as part of an investigation into historic sexual abuse at the school. A spokesman for the school confirmed that “a major review of the school’s governance” was taking place at Downside and that “significant changes will be announced soon”.
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