Six men charged over alleged child abuse at school run by notorious Christian Brothers order

By James Moncur
Daily Record
May 21, 2014

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/six-men-charged-over-alleged-3579646

David Sharp has told of the horrors he suffered at the hands of a priest

SEXUAL and physical abuse - revealed in the Record last week when victim David Sharp came forward - is alleged to have taken place at the school in the 60s and 70s.

SIX men have been charged in connection with child abuse at a Scottish residential school run by a notorious Catholic order.

The men, in their 60s and 70s, are at the heart of investigations centred on St Ninian’s Roman Catholic School in Fife between January 1978 and July 1983.

The school, near Falkland, was run by the Christian Brothers order who have been implicated in a number of child sex scandals around the world.

The Daily Record revealed last week the horrific abuse suffered by David Sharp, who was a pupil at St Ninian’s from age 10 to 16.

Police in Fife interviewed a number of former residents including David.

One told us how he gave officers a 42-page statement outlining allegations over a five year period.

Last night, a police spokesman said: “Six men have been arrested and charged with multiple complaints of physical
and sexual abuse at former St Ninian’s School in Falkland, Fife, in the 70s and 80s.

“This investigation remains ongoing.”

David, 55, said: “I am delighted the police have made these arrests and charged these men.

“But victims and survivors of the abuse at these institutions deserve a full national inquiry into how the state allowed these horrific crimes to happen.

“This has got just as much to do with the social work, police, judiciary and government as it has to the Church.
Hopefully this will be the trigger to finally get something done.”

Last week, David fought back tears as he bravely told us his story.

He described how paedophile Brother Gerry Ryan trafficked him to Ireland to be raped by up to five men. David believes some of his rapists were priests.

He says Ryan, a sports teacher at the school who has since died, began preying on him there when he was 10, grooming him and then subjecting him to sexual abuse in his room and sadistic beatings in a basement shower block.