SCOTLAND
Telegraph
A former nurse who claims he was assaulted at a Catholic boarding school has rejected the church’s apology to victims of physical and sexual abuse and said he was determined to pursue legal action for compensation.
By Auslan Cramb, Scottish Correspondent
9:09AM BST 06 Aug 2013
The former pupil of Fort Augustus Abbey said he was unimpressed by the apology offered in a mass in the Highland town, and said he believed a group legal action was increasingly likely.
Andrew Lavery, who lives in the north-east of England, attended the school in the mid 1980s and claims he was beaten, sexually assaulted and psychologically tortured by monks when he was locked in a room for days on end.
He spoke out as Police Scotland confirmed that more victims had come forward since the screening last week of a television documentary on abuse by monks at the Benedictine abbey.
Mr Lavery alleges that he was beaten unconscious by a monk and master, and accuses a monk who is now a priest in England of physical and sexual assault.
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