Bid to extradite priest from Canada over Fort Augustus abuse claims

SCOTLAND/CANADA
BBC News

By Reevel Alderson
Home affairs correspondent, BBC Scotland

Moves are under way to extradite a retired priest from Canada to Scotland in connection with child abuse claims.

The Crown Office has been granted a petition warrant for the arrest of Father Robert MacKenzie, who lives in Cupar, Saskatchewan.

Fr MacKenzie, 84, taught at the former Fort Augustus Abbey School before moving to Canada in 1988.

Papers are now being prepared in the Crown Office to submit an extradition request to the Canadian authorities.

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