SCOTLAND/AUSTRALIA
BBC News
By Mark Daly
BBC Scotland Investigations Correspondent
A former Catholic monk accused of child abuse at a Scottish school has been arrested in Australia.
Father Denis “Chrysostom” Alexander was one of several monks accused of abusing boys at the former Fort Augustus Abbey boarding school in the Highlands.
The BBC has learned he has been remanded in custody in Sydney pending his extradition back to Scotland to face trial.
The Crown Office here said it would not comment on legal matters elsewhere.
Father Alexander has always denied the allegations.
In 2013, he was confronted by BBC Scotland in Sydney as part of a documentary which prompted a major police investigation.
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