UNITED KINGDOM
The Sun
BY MARTIN PHILLIPS, SENIOR FEATURES WRITER 26th August 2016
NESTLED in a tranquil North Yorks valley, Ampleforth College is where for two centuries the sons of the wealthy have been instilled with a “compass for life” by the monks who run it.
The independent school charges more than £33,000 a year for this special recipe for learning.
And there seems no doubt that it works, with talented ex-pupils including former England rugby captain Lawrence Dallaglio, Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes and actors Rupert Everett and James Norton.
But now a darker side has been uncovered at the country’s leading Catholic school, following an investigation this week by The Times.
It involves the cover-up of alleged sex abuse of children at the school 27 years ago, which has been linked to the suicide of at least one former pupil.
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