Former Fort Augustus Abbey pupil tells of ‘violent’ whipping

SCOTLAND
BBC News

Fresh claims of abuse at Fort Augustus Abbey Catholic boarding school in the Highlands have emerged following a BBC investigation.

Another former pupil at the school has told the BBC he was “violently abused” and tortured by monks there.

Tim Coppin said he studied at Fort Augustus from 1960 until 1965.

“The main thing was whipping by the teachers, by the monks themselves,” he told BBC Radio Scotland, in an interview to be broadcast on Newsdrive.

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