Priest ‘assaulted pupils’ at Fort Augustus Abbey near Loch Ness

SCOTLAND
STV

A former priest at a Highland abbey has appeared in court on six charges of assaulting pupils to their injury.

Father Benedict Seed taught chemistry at Fort Augustus Abbey before the Loch Ness boarding school closed in 1999.

The 82-year-old appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court before Sheriff Margaret Neilson under his real name of Thomas Seed.

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