From the previous link: Pressandjournal:
"... the Aberdeen Roman Catholic Diocese issued a statement saying that he “came to harm in conditions involving the sea,...”
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May 6, 2026 AD.
https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360999760/body-found-close-scottish-island-where-christchurch-monk-justin-evans-disappeared"...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).
The founder of the monastery, Father Michael Mary, earlier told RNZ it was believed Evans was suffering from "long-term hypothermia".
He called the situation "utterly tragic".
Mary said Evans went by the name Brother Ignatius Maria while at the monastery and had lived there for about two years...."
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A friend of mine was at Papa for about 8 months...he left because geographic conditions were severe, weatherwise. The sea must be very cold in April, but I don't know anything about ocean currents. Salt water can go below 32F and won't form ice, so 5 Minutes you are likely dead. I stepped in the Arctic ocean for 10 seconds, in the month of late May, and I ran out screaming for pain.
R.I.P. +
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