Caldey Island in Wales has become known as a haven for pedophiles following a damning report into historical child abuse.

CHILDREN, many of whom were orphans and particularly vulnerable, were coaxed to one of Britain’s holy islands where they were systematically sexually abused. Brave victims have revealed the

Victims of child sexual abuse were treated in a heartless, hostile and cruel way by monks on a remote island, a safeguarding review has found. One survivor says the way she has been treated since her time on Caldey Island has made the effects of the abuse "a million times worse".

Caldey Island in Wales has become known as a haven for pedophiles following a damning report into historical child abuse.

Father Thaddeus Kotik, who died in 1992, sexually abused girls and boys while he was a monk at the abbey. The review concluded that he used a tortoise and “other attractive treats” to entice children into the monastery garden, where he would sexually abuse them.

Rebecca is one of 16 survivors who have shared their experience of child sexual abuse by a monk who lived on Caldey Island, off the coast of Pembrokeshire. Between the late 1960s and early 1990s, Father Thaddeus Kotik abused children who lived and visited the island,

Review finds Father Thaddeus Kotik raped young girls and boys while Caldey Abbey’s leadership repeatedly failed to report allegations to authorities