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 on 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, in East Lothian, where he perpetrated indecency and violence
against youngsters.