Overview
- Police Scotland confirmed the body is 24-year-old Justin Evans, known in religion as Brother Ignatius, and said inquiries are ongoing.
- Evans disappeared on April 11 after leaving the Golgotha Monastery on Papa Stronsay in the Orkney Islands.
- A body was recovered from waters near the island in early May, and police are treating the death as unexplained pending the fiscal's review.
- Search efforts around Stronsay drew support from RNLI Kirkwall and coastguard teams as officers gathered information.
- The monastery held a requiem and Evans' family, former school St Bede's College, his Marist Albion rugby club, and the Diocese of Aberdeen shared public tributes.