One of the victims of Father Michael James Callaghan, a former housemaster at Ampleforth College who was recently found guilty of sexually abusing boys under his care, has spoken out in detail about the sexual abuse he suffered at the boarding school known as the Catholic Eton.

Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, the victim describes how being at the prestigious school – Ampleforth’s yearly fees are £46,74 – felt like “we were in a paedophiles” cafeteria” where “the monks picked us off”.

Michael James Callaghan, 71, who was known to pupils as Father James, was a monk of the English Benedictine congregation who live at Ampleforth Abbey, which is co-located with the college. He was recently found guilty of 12 charges of indecent assault against the victim, named as Thomas in the Telegraph article, and a further charge against another boy in 2013.