'I think it's very sad that something like this could have happened, because there was so much focus on bureaucracy the real issues were missed' Priests at Ampleforth College physically and sexually abused children as young as six, the national inquiry into child abuse has heard.
On the third day of a three-week hearing on the English Benedictine Congregation as part of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), former pupils at the fee-paying Catholic school and its junior school in North Yorkshire gave evidence, and written statements by other former pupils were read.