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Body found near Scottish island where Kiwi monk went missing, police inform his family in Christchurch

Otago Daily Times Online News·Thursday, 7 May 2026·26 days ago
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By Melanie Earley of RNZ A body has been found in the water near a remote Sottish island where a New Zealand monk disappeared last month. Justin Evans, 24, went missing from the Golgotha Monastery, on Papa Stronsay, shortly before midnight on April 11. The island is home to only a handful of monks of the Catholic order Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer. Also known as the Transalpine Redemptorists, the group was founded in the 1980s and had links to New Zealand, including a monastery near Geraldine. Police Scotland said the body was found just before 7.30am on Wednesday in the water near Stronsay, the closest island to Papa Stronsay. The body was yet to be formally identified, police said, but Evans' family, who were from Christchurch, had been informed. The death was being treated as "unexplained", police said, and an investigation was ongoing. It said a report would be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal (a public prosecutor in Scotland).…

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