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Speaking exclusively to the Herald on Sunday, a former staff member at Loretto School has revealed the disturbing events that took place at Scotland’s oldest boarding establishment, with the school issuing a full ‘unreserved apology’ to pupils A FORMER English teacher at Loretto has revealed details of a horrifying “culture of violence” and sexual abuse at the prestigious Scottish public school. David Stock has spoken to The Herald on Sunday about evidence and testimony from pupils that he gathered recounting multiple cases of violent bullying and sexual abuse. He says he informed the school’s authorities, but claims the offences were “covered up” and he was given no alternative but to resign his post. When Mr Stock left Loretto, he says, he was made to sign a confidentiality agreement ordering him to “shut his mouth” and not reveal what he had uncovered on pain of heavy financial consequences.
Teachers at Scots school took delight in beating kids and even broke bones according to ex pupils
Former students are lifting the lid on the horrors they faced as children at the nightmare boarding school that still disturb them more than half a century later.
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Morrison s Academy in Crieff is more than 150 years old (Image: Supplied)
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Former pupils of a private boarding school have recalled teachers taking “delight” in caning children and how one boy was beaten so severely his wrist was broken.
One ex-student of Morrison’s Academy in Crieff, Perthshire, told how he was tormented by a more senior pupil who threatened to brand him with a red-hot poker and stubbed out a cigarette on his bare skin.
Another, now aged in his 70s, said beatings endured from an “extremely violent” teacher “still disturb me” more than half a century later.
The evidence, most given anonymously, came during Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry proceedings, which is examining alleged abuse in Scottish boarding schools.