UNITED KINGDOM
Yorkshire Post
DAVID BEHRENS, DIGITAL EDITOR
Tuesday 13 December 2016
A YORKSHIRE religious community was today at the centre of a raft of new investigations linked to allegations of sexual abuse against students.
The Charity Commission announced it was looking into Ampleforth Abbey’s handling of abuse claims at its two church schools near Malton.
At the same time, it emerged that North Yorkshire Police was investigating three new claims of abuse at the Benedictine monk-run institution.
The new claimants are understood to have come forward following the announcement three months ago that the chairman of governors at Ampleforth College had stepped aside while police looked into other allegations of abuse.
The Right Reverend Cuthbert Madden, who was also abbot at Ampleforth, has denied any wrongdoing.
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