A Catholic monk who admitted sending naked photographs of himself to a woman holidaymaker will not be prosecuted after the Crown Prosecution Service ruled the snaps were 'spiritual'.
Brother Titus Keet, 77, confessed to having 200 pictures of himself posing naked on a beach at daybreak, but says they are not sexual.
He sent some of the pictures to Lisa Love, 56, a visitor to Caldey Island off the coast of Pembrokeshire, which has a sordid history of harbouring sex offenders and paedophiles.
Miss Love, of Narberth, Pembrokeshire, went to police after receiving multiple photographs from Keet showing him exercising naked on one of the island's remote beaches.
The monk was arrested in September 2024 on suspicion of harassing the mother-of-two, and while on bail he fled the island and is believed to be in Belgium.
The Crown Prosecution Service wrote to Miss Love to say they will be taking no further action against Keet because the photographs are 'spiritual'.
Miss Love accused police and the CPS of protecting the monk because of his religious background.
She said: 'He's admitted sending the pictures, I can't understand why he is not being taken to court.
'He says the pictures are art and now the police are agreeing with him that they are spiritual. Tell me where in the Bible it says to prance around naked on a beach.
'He's a Catholic monk living in an ancient monastery where they are supposed to pray in silence all day.
'But he is going to the beach, stripping off in front of a camera and then posting pictures to someone who doesn't want them. I can only think he's been let off because he's a monk.'
Miss Love, a tour guide, met Keet 15 years ago while she was staying with her elderly parents at a whitewashed two-bedroomed cottage on the island.
After her mother died in 2011 she continued to holiday on the island with her teenage daughters, staying near the imposing abbey where the monks have their quarters.
She struck up a friendship with the monk and he helped her grieve for her mother, writing to her when she returned to the mainland.
But Miss Love said she was 'startled' when he began enclosing naked photographs of himself in the letters.
She ignored them, but last year the monk started sending the same indecent images to her mobile phone.
Miss Love reported him to the monastery's Abbott and was advised Brother Keet had been disciplined and told to stop sending the explicit snaps.
When he continued to send them she informed Dyfed-Powys Police, who have investigated other monks on the island for sex offences.
Officers were shown text messages between the mother-of-two and the monk which backed his claims that they had been friends.
The letter, from CPS prosecutor Sandra Subacchi, said: 'Those conversations supported the account he gave that the photos were spiritual and there was nothing sexual in your relationship.
'After consideration of all the evidence I have made the decision that the case cannot go ahead.'
Miss Love said she was 'sickened' by the CPS's lack of understanding and has launched a Victims' Right to Review request through her solicitor.
She said: 'Sex offenders make friends with their victims, we all know that, it's called grooming.
'Just because of my friendly and unsuspecting nature, the CPS has decided I brought this on myself.
'They agree that the photographs are unwanted, they are of a naked man but because he says they are spiritual, he gets away with it.'
When confronted by the Daily Mail shortly before his arrest, Keet, who has lived on the holy island for 22 years, confirmed he is the man in the pictures and said he had been 'stupid' and 'naive'.
He said: 'It is art. I was putting my body in the light. I wanted to share with her the body and the light. It is the human body, in its original state. It's not sexual.
'I have a whole collection of myself, it is healthy for people to put their body in nature.'
The monk said he kept his risqué pictures on a digital stick and denied getting sexual gratification from sending the pictures to Miss Love saying it was 'not an option'.
Caldey Island, which welcomes 60,000 holidaymakers each year, was at the centre of a major child abuse scandal after claims more than 50 children were sexually abused by the Trappist monks in the 1970s and 80s.
Some victims were paid meagre amounts of compensation and a review published in 2024 recommended a 'no touch' policy banning the monks from physical contact with visiting tourists.
Victim Kevin O'Connell, who runs the Caldey Island Survivors Campaign said it was 'outrageous' that the CPS is not charging Brother Keet after he admitted sending the unwanted nude photos.
He said: 'It's appalling that CPS lawyers have agreed that these photos are spiritual and even artistic just because he's a monk.
'This case highlights Dyfed-Powys Police's failure to properly investigate and support victims. The force's shortcomings have led to a culture of silence, deterring victims from coming forward.
'It's unacceptable that victims are left without support while perpetrators are seemingly given a free pass. Until Dyfed-Powys police take abuse allegations seriously, Caldey island will remain a haven for perpetrators.'
The CPS declined to comment because Miss Love has made an application under the Victims' Right to Review Scheme.