An infuriated mother has disowned her son after he fled Scotland to become a self-styled monk in Mexico.
Catherine Beaumont, 86, of Dundee, Scotland, said she's 'finished' with her conman son Rod after knowing he told people that she had died and conned people over her funeral.
Beaumont, 63, was found guilty of grooming a 15-year-old schoolboy three years ago and left the country.
He is now called Rodrigo de la Cruz now and lives in Mexico City with a teen boy he introduces as 'nephew', reported Daily Record .
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He was discovered by an online seller when he tried to order costumes for yoga figures used in teaching children.
The owner, from Colorado, said the pictures he supplied, in which he wears religious-style robes, match those which accompanied articles on Beaumont's crime.
They told the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser how Beaumont asked them for borrow so he could pay for his mother's funeral in Canada.
The Record tracked down to Catherine and asked about her son but she said: "I do have a son called Rod but you can't speak to me about him.
"You would probably think I've passed on because I don't keep very well and the thing is I've sent money on to the Foreign Office to give to him.
"That's me finished."
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She said she has given up feeling sad and shedding tears for so long.
Beaumont is said to be accused of abusing children overseas since the 80s.
He originally fled to Albainia in 2016 but resurfaced in Mexico a year later.
One local commented on Beaumont: "I lent him money because he said he was from Canada and his mother had died, and he needed cash for the funeral.
"He knows how to manipulate people and take advantage of them."
