SCOTLAND
Scottish Catholic Observer
Fr Richard Yeo, Abbot President of the English order at the centre of recent abuse allegations, spoke at Fort Augustus parish church on Sunday of abuse as ‘a great evil’ and a terrible ‘shame.’
“You know why I am here,” the abbot said in his Sunday homily.
“I am the Abbot President of the English Benedictine Congregation, and I am as sad and shocked as you to hear about allegations against monks of Fort Augustus.
The abbot went on to say that ‘abuse is a great evil, and its effects on those who are abused are profound and long-lasting’ but sometimes we all ‘forget that the evil affects many people, and its reverberations are widespread.’
“Abuse also affects a victim’s family. It affects the community in which he lives,” he added.
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