A remote island in Wales has become known as a haven for paedophiles after a report found dozens of children were abused by monks over a period of decades. More than 60,000 tourists take the half-mile ferry to Caldey Island from Tenby over the summer months.

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

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.

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

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 said the way she had been treated since her time on Caldey Island, off Pembrokeshire, has made the effects of the abuse "a million times worse".

Caldey Abbey has apologised for the suffering caused after claims it may have happened on an 'industrial scale'

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