SCOTLAND
Scotsman
by CRAIG BROWN
Published on the 15 August 2013
A FORMER headmaster of a Scottish Catholic boarding school hit by accusations of serial child sex abuse has resigned from a senior position at a Benedictine college of Oxford University.
Father Francis Davidson has stepped down as monastic superior of St Benet’s Hall, where he was responsible for the welfare of student monks at the Oxford College, it was reported last night.
Fr Davidson has been accused of covering up abuse perpetrated by monks at Fort Augustus Abbey School in the Highlands and its preparatory school in East Lothian, Carlekemp, both of which are now closed.
The alleged abuse committed against pupils, and the surrounding cover-up, were revealed in a BBC investigation broadcast last month.
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