ENGLAND
ITV
August 9, 2018
A report has found the prestigious Ampleforth school in North Yorkshire hid appalling abuse to pupils as young as seven, to protect the church’s reputation.
It was part of sexual abuse at two leading Catholic schools, over four decades, that was likely to be “considerably” more widespread than conviction figures reflect, a report has found.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) made the claims in a withering report on the English Benedictine Congregation, which has 10 monasteries in England and Wales.
Ampleforth and Downside, in Somerset, the other named school, were linked to the monasteries, run at times by “secretive, evasive and suspicious” church officials who avoided reporting misconduct to police and social services.
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