Fr Cuthbert Madden OSB, who stepped aside as abbot of Ampleforth Abbey two years ago over sex abuse allegations, is taking legal action to get his job back.
As abbot of Ampleforth Abbey since his election in 2005 Fr Madden was also chairman of the governors of the prestigious Ampleforth College.
In August 2016 he “stepped aside from his responsibilities” while claims that he sexually abused four boys in the early 1990s, when he was a teacher at Ampleforth College, were investigated. Police closed the enquiry after just three months, saying there was no evidence of criminal behaviour – but Fr Madden has not been reinstated.
