Children at top Catholic schools ‘still at risk of abuse’ despite years of work to remove predators and improve safeguarding

ENGLAND
The Daily Mail

November 27, 2017

By Josh White

– An inquiry is examining prevalence of paedophilia among Benedictine monks
– Focusing on schools: Ampleforth in North Yorkshire and Downside in Somerset
– Rape to voyeuristic beatings was inflicted on school pupils, hearing was told

Pupils at Roman Catholic schools could still be at risk of sexual abuse despite years of efforts to remove predators and improve child safeguarding, an inquiry heard yesterday.

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has begun examining the prevalence of paedophilia among Benedictine monks and failures to protect young people.

It is focusing on offenders who targeted children at two famous Catholic public schools, Ampleforth in North Yorkshire and Downside in Somerset, over many decades.

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