North-east abbey rocked by child sex abuse allegations

SCOTLAND
Press and Journal

8 August 2015 by Jon Hebditch and John Robertson

A mediaeval monastery in Moray has been rocked by allegations of child sex abuse.

Pluscarden Abbey is now at the centre of a police probe into claims youngsters were molested.

It is understood the investigation is focused on allegations a young boy was violently sexually abused and two others suffered physical harm at the 13th century Roman Catholic site in the 1960s and 1980s.

Two men have separately come forward to discuss the alleged abuse with support group White Flowers Alba.

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