Institutions run by the Order of Benedictines, the Marist Brothers and the Christian Brothers – orders within the Catholic Church – are to be scrutinised in what will be the fourth phase of hearings at the probe.
Five institutions (some have since closed) – in East Lothian, the Highlands, Dumfries and Galloway, Ayrshire and Fife – will be under the spotlight when the hearings get under way in the middle part of 2019, the inquiry team has revealed.
Those establishments are Carlekemp in North Berwick and the former Fort Augustus Abbey School in Inverness-shire, run by the Order of Benedictines; the Marist Brothers’ former St Joseph’s College in Dumfries and St Columba’s College in Largs; and former St Ninians in Falkland, run by the Christian Brothers.
Inquiry chair Lady Smith has urged anyone with any relevant information about the orders and schools to contact the probe.
The inquiry is tasked with examining historical allegations of the abuse of children in care. It began taking statements from witnesses in the spring of 2016 and commenced public hearings in May last year.
It has already heard evidence on institutions run by the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul and the Sisters of Nazareth during earlier public hearings.
Phase three of the hearings will begin in October this year with an investigation of residential childcare establishments run by…
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