Man charged in connection with abbey probe

An 80 year-old man from the east Highland area has been charged in connection with enquiries in relation to reports of historic physical and sexual abuse at Fort Augustus Abbey, police have confirmed.

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “A report detailing the circumstances has been submitted to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.”

St Benedict’s Abbey, a former boarding school, run by the Benedictine order was closed in 1993.

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