SCOTLAND
STV
The Catholic Church in Scotland has appealed to the Vatican amid concerns that Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s high profile is damaging the church.
A source in the church told STV News there was “frustration and disquiet” that the Cardinal was back in the public eye after he was photographed moving into the parish house in Dunbar.
Cardinal O’Brien always intended to move to the East Lothian town when he retired as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, but the plan was cast into doubt after several former priests made allegations of “inappropriate behaviour” against him.
The cardinal resigned the following day and later admitted his sexual conduct had “fallen below the standards expected of me as a priest, archbishop and cardinal.”
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