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In November 2017 the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse heard that priests abused six-year-old boys, which included beatings and sex abuse. A witness who was at the prep school and college for 11 years during the 1960s and 1970s complained about being "physically and psychologically abused"
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bought the property in 1929. The buildings were refurbished over the years to accommodate growing pupil numbers. A playground for the nursery and pre-prep department was added in 2004. In January 2018 a proposal was made to close the site, with the remaining pupils moved to a new junior house at the
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The boarding programme was open to both boys and, since 2001, girls. They could have chosen between full or flexi-boarding. Senior boys resided in Castle House and junior boys and girls resided in separate sections of Foal Yard. Boarders were cared for by a team of house parents, resident teachers
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by a priest who was "nasty, cruel and physically violent towards me". After the witness had finished schooling, he experienced a "total psychological collapse" lasting seven to eight years. "I wasn't able to do anything, I couldn't function," he said. The witness said in his opinion Cardinal
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for 13 years, had known about abuse at the schools. "I have no doubt he knew exactly what was going on at the time," he said. Three monks and two lay teachers were convicted of sex crimes against over 30 pupils between the 1960s and 2010, including Father Piers Grant-Ferris, the son of
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era and was originally home to the Etton family. It was Thomas de Etton who built, in the second half of the 14th century, the fortified manor house, a large tower almost square, whose basement still forms the core of the present building. It was later owned by
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reported in the same year that "Pupils ... suffered decades of abuse from at least six paedophiles following a decision by former Abbot Basil Hume not to call in police at the beginning of the scandal."
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for the girls. Hockey was available to both boys and girls. St Martin's had a good track record in inter-school sports competitions, especially in
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Although St Martin's served as the College's main feeder school it was independently managed; the College's governing body was chaired by the
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The monks obtained ownership of the castle and founded a preparatory school there in 1930. Until 1992, it was known as
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By 2022, the castle had been vacant for four years; it was listed for sale by the Ampleforth Abbey trustees.
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while St Martin's was managed as a charity trust and chaired by a lay member.
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Sexual abuse scandal in the English Benedictine Congregation
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Gilling East
North Yorkshire
Coordinates
54°11′00″N 1°03′54″W / 54.183273°N 1.064923°W / 54.183273; -1.064923
Private
preparatory
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Department for Education
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Ampleforth College
Middlesbrough
http://www.stmartins.ampleforth.org.uk/
private school
preparatory school
Ampleforth College
Gilling Castle
Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough

Gilling Castle
Gilling Castle
Medieval
Thomas Fairfax
Benedictine
Ampleforth Abbey
Gilling Castle
Ampleforth College
Nawton
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Ampleforth Abbey

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