Bishop of Aberdeen apologises for abuse at Catholic schools

Bishop Hugh Gilbert of Aberdeen

The bishop of Aberdeen has apologized for the abuse of children at two Catholic schools in Scotland over a 30-year period.

Bishop Hugh Gilbert expressed his remorse during a homily at a Mass in Fort Augustus, in the Highlands, on Sunday.

He said it was a “most bitter, shaming and distressing thing that… a small number of baptised, consecrated and ordained Christian men physically or sexually abused those in their care.”

The bishop’s comments came just six days after the BBC screened Sins of the Fathers, a programme in which former students accused seven monks of physical and sexual abuse.  (more...)

Bishop of Aberdeen apologises for abuse at Catholic schools