SCOTLAND
BBC News
A Catholic monk has been found guilty of a catalogue of abuse to pupils at an East Lothian residential school during “a regime of fear”.
Michael Murphy, 82, was known as Brother Benedict at St Joseph’s List D School in Tranent.
Irish-born Murphy denied a string of charges against him during his trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.
A jury convicted him of 15 charges of assault and indecent assault involving eight boys over the decade up to 1981.
Murphy was acquitted of a further two charges on Thursday.
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