Former monk admits sexual abuse of three boys aged 9-12

A FORMER monk at a Catholic boarding school has admitted abusing two boys in the parish he was sent to after confessing to sexual contact with a pupil.

Peter Turner was sent away to Workington, in Cumbria, in 1987 after telling church authorities he had committed sex offences against a boy at Ampleforth College, in North Yorkshire.

The 80-year-old, who was later convicted of offences against 10 pupils at the school, pleaded guilty yesterday to sexually abusing two more boys while working in the Cumbrian parish.

He also admitted offences against another pupil at Ampleforth when he appeared for trial at York Crown Court.

Turner, who was previously known as Father Gregory Carroll, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of indecent assault, two counts of buggery and one count of gross indecency against three boys aged between nine and 12.

He pleaded not guilty to three charges of indecent assault but the court heard he will not be tried for these.

Turner admitted committing indecent assault and buggery against a boy at Ampleforth between September 1984 and January 1987, when the boy was aged between 10 and 12.

He went on to indecently assault another boy, aged nine or 10, between October 1987 and December 1988.

A third boy was aged between 10 and 12 when Turner committed gross indecency and indecent assault against him between June 1987 and June 1990.

Turner was remanded in custody and will be sentenced this morning.