Episode
Who are Orkney’s rebel monks?
- Podcast
- Scotcast
- Published
- Jul 27, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 1366
- Processing state
not_requested- Canonical source
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002zg8z
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scotcast-7160589/episodes/who-are-orkney-s-rebel-monks/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/scotcast-7160589/who-are-orkney-s-rebel-monks.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
A group of rebel monks in Orkney has been punished by the Catholic Church after appointing a bishop without the approval of Pope Leo XIV (pictured). BBC Orkney’s Rob Flett and Ian Dunn, former editor of The Scottish Catholic magazine, tell us all about the traditionalist order known as The Sons of the Holy Redeemer. Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler. Get in touch: [email protected]