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    Monk convicted of abusing children describes victims as ‘unhinged’ at inquiry

    by Lauren Gilmour Jan 24, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: PA Media

    A 90-year-old man who physically and sexually abused boys in his care at a residential school in the 1960s has branded his victims “unhinged” and said they should be investigated by police for “telling lies”.

    Michael Murphy appeared by video link at the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry on Wednesday from HMP Edinburgh, where he serving a sentence for physically and sexually abusing children while he was a social worker with the De La Salle Brothers in Gartmore, Stirlingshire, and St Joseph’s in Tranent, East Lothian, between 1961 and 1991.

    Murphy continued to deny he was responsible for abusing boys

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