SCOTLAND
East Lothian Courier
A CATHOLIC monk who carried out a catalogue of brutality and degrading abuse against pupils at a residential school during “a regime of fear” has been jailed for seven years.
Michael Murphy, 82, was jailed this morning (Friday) following a hearing before Lord Uist at the High Court in Edinburgh.
The pervert, was known as Brother Benedict or Brother Ben to children in his care at St Joseph’s List D School in Tranent, where he perpetrated indecency and violence against youngsters.
Irish-born Murphy denied a string of charges against him during his trial at the High Court.
He said: “I should not be here in this court at all.”
But a jury convicted him on Thursday of 15 charges of assault and indecent assault involving eight boys spanning the decade up to 1981. Murphy was acquitted of a further two charges.
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