SCOTLAND
BBC News
A former head teacher at a Catholic boarding school in the Highlands has gone on trial accused of assaulting boys in his care.
Father Benedict Seed, 83, is charged with assaulting eight pupils at the now closed Fort Augustus Abbey school in 1970s and 1980s.
Inverness Sheriff Court heard that the alleged attacks included hitting boys with a hockey stick and a golf shoe.
Appearing under the name Thomas Michael Seed, he denies all the charges.
The trial in Inverness, being held before Sheriff Gordon Fleetwood and a jury of nine men and six women, is expected to continue throughout the week.
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