Shocking Report of Sex Abuse In Two Boarding Schools of Benedictine Monks in England

Ampleforth College, a Benedictine boarding school in Yorkshire, England

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Downside Abbey, another Benedictine boarding school in Somerset, England

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According to the report by the Independent Inquiry into Chil Sexual Abuse (IICSA), that investigated sexual abuses in the £34,000-a-year Ampleforth College and £33,000-a-year Downside Abbey, teachers and staff -- many of whom were Benedictine monks -- were directly involved in the sadistic sexual abuse of students. Both the co-educational schools are attached with the Benedictine abbeys (monasteries). 

Allegations starting from the 1960s included "a wide spectrum of physical abuse, much of which had sadistic and sexual overtones." Among the victims were some seven-year-olds at Ampleforth and 11-year-olds at Downside. 

The report said the authorities at both schools tried to "avoid contact with the local authority or the police at all costs," even if they knew serious abuse had happened on the campuses. 

For more, plead read the following:

• Report damns culture of acceptance of sexual abuse at two Catholic schools (Aug. 9, 2018)
• Child abuse inquiry: School 'reputations put before victims' (Aug. 9, 2018)
• Catholic boarding schools 'prioritised monks and their reputations over children's safety,' sexual abuse inquiry finds (Aug. 9, 2018)
• Inquiry finds "appalling" abuse at English Catholic boarding schools (Aug. 9, 2018)
• Damning catalogue of sex abuse at top Catholic schools (Aug. 9, 2018)
• How two top boarding schools tried to cover up 40 years of 'appalling abuse' (Aug. 9, 2018)
• Catholic school monks 'did not hide sexual interest from young boys,' abuse inquiry finds (Aug. 9, 2018)
• Sexual abuse by monks covered up at schools in England, inquiry finds (Aug. 13, 2018)
• New reports of sexual abuse rock Benedictine abbey schools in England (Aug. 14, 2018)
• Shocking scale of sexual abuse at UK boarding schools revealed by ITV documentary [video] (Feb. 18, 2018)

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