Entry Into Benedictine Life
A notable catalyst in the process of Scott's conversion was the Benedictine prior John Roberts (now a Saint of the Catholic Church), who had come to London as a missionary. It was Roberts who received Scott into the Catholic Church, and also Roberts who accepted him as a Benedictine postulant. Scott was to be taken to Valladolid, Spain for his monastic formation in the Lent of 1604, but on attempting to leave England, he was arrested along with Roberts and a group of other postulants on suspicion of being Catholic. However, this arrest proved only a temporary delay, as immediately after his release he was taken to Valladolid by Augustine Bradshaw, where it was agreed that he should serve his novitiate at the Abbey of San Facundo, Sahagún.
As a Benedictine monk he took the name Maurus, and in 1610, he was ordained priest. He begged to be sent on the mission to England, and his request was granted. He was sent to St. Gregory's monastery, Douai (which still survives as Downside Abbey, having moved to England in the 19th century), where he was to make his preparations, and arrived in England in December 1610.
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