English: Cabinet Secretary, thank you for that response. Like you and everybody else in this Chamber, we were appalled and shocked at the allegations that have emerged in recent weeks of abuse by a monk on Caldey Island. Eleven women so far have come forward to say that they were abused by Father Thaddeus Kotik when they were children, and of course they are all suffering lifelong consequences as a result of that abuse. In fact, one of those women claims that a second person also abused her on that island. Who that person is and where they are we don't actually know, and we know that other cases may well come to light, and I too would encourage people to report their concerns. We also know that allegations of abuse, of course, were brought to the attention of the abbot at Caldey Abbey back in 1990 but were not reported to the police at that time, and that since that date, a child sex offender, Paul Ashton, hid on Caldey Island for a period of seven years trying to evade justice. And I have to say, I think the whole thing stinks. It smacks of a deliberate cover-up of abuse by clergy on that island, which is frequently visited by young children, a place that ought to be safe, which hasn't been safe in the past. And I think we need answers. We need answers as to who knew what, when, and why the abbey didn't report things to the police when they ought to have done when things were brought to their attention. We also need to know when Pembrokeshire's social services department knew about these claims and what action they may or may not have taken in the past to protect young children visiting that island. I'm appalled by this and I think that it would be wise to ask you to organise an independent inquiry into what went on, because we do need to learn lessons and we need to be confident now, particularly given that we don't know who this second person is, that young children are safe visiting that island in the future. School trips are still going on, Cabinet Secretary, and we need to be sure that those children are protected from abuse.
Welsh: Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, diolch i chi am eich ateb. Fel chi a phawb arall yn y Siambr hon, cawsom ein harswydo a'n dychryn gan y cyhuddiadau o gam-drin gan fynach ar Ynys Bŷr a ddaeth i'r amlwg yn ystod yr wythnosau diwethaf. Hyd yn hyn, mae un ar ddeg o fenywod wedi dweud eu bod wedi dioddef cam-drin gan y Tad Thaddeus Kotik pan oeddent yn blant, ac wrth gwrs mae pob un ohonynt yn dioddef canlyniadau gydol oes o ganlyniad i'r cam-drin hwnnw. Yn wir, mae un o'r menywod hynny'n honni bod ail berson wedi ei cham-drin ar yr ynys honno. Ni wyddom pwy yw'r person hwnnw na ble maent mewn gwirionedd, a gwyddom y gallai achosion eraill ddod i'r amlwg hefyd, a buaswn innau hefyd yn annog pobl i roi gwybod am eu pryderon. Rydym hefyd yn gwybod bod honiadau o gam-drin, wrth gwrs, wedi eu dwyn i sylw'r abad yn Abaty Bŷr yn ôl ym 1990 ond ni roddwyd gwybod amdanynt i'r heddlu ar y pryd, ac ers y dyddiad hwnnw, gwyddom fod troseddwr rhyw, Paul Ashton, wedi cuddio ar Ynys Bŷr am gyfnod o saith mlynedd yn ceisio osgoi cyfiawnder. Ac mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud, rwy'n credu bod yr holl beth yn drewi. Mae'n drewi o ymdrech fwriadol i guddio'r gwir am gamdriniaeth gan glerigwyr ar yr ynys honno, ynys y bydd plant ifanc yn ymweld â hi'n aml, man a ddylai fod yn ddiogel ac nad yw wedi bod yn ddiogel yn y gorffennol. Ac rwy'n credu ein bod angen atebion. Rydym angen atebion o ran pwy sy'n gwybod beth, pryd, a pham na roddodd yr abaty wybod i'r heddlu am bethau pan ddylent fod wedi gwneud hynny yn syth ar ôl cael gwybod. Rydym hefyd angen gwybod pa bryd y daeth adran gwasanaethau cymdeithasol Sir Benfro i wybod am yr honiadau hyn a pha gamau gweithredu y maent wedi'u cymryd yn y gorffennol, os o gwbl, i amddiffyn plant ifanc sy'n ymweld â'r ynys honno. Mae hyn yn codi arswyd arnaf a chredaf y buasai'n ddoeth gofyn i chi drefnu ymchwiliad annibynnol i'r hyn a ddigwyddodd, oherwydd mae angen i ni ddysgu gwersi, ac mae angen i ni fod yn hyderus yn awr, yn arbennig o ystyried nad ydym yn gwybod pwy yw'r ail berson hwn, fod plant ifanc yn ddiogel wrth ymweld â'r ynys honno yn y dyfodol. Mae teithiau ysgol yn digwydd o hyd, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, ac mae angen i ni fod yn siŵr fod y plant hynny'n cael eu hamddiffyn rhag camdriniaeth.