SCOTLAND
Daily Record
MONSIGNOR Cushley was appointed by the Catholic Church this morning and replaces Cardinal Keith O’Brien who left the post earlier this year after admitting inappropriate sexual conduct.
THE Catholic Church can recover from “the battering” it has taken in recent months, according to Monsignor Leo Cushley, who is to succeed disgraced Cardinal Keith O’Brien as the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh.
The priests and people are “anxious to move on” from the scandal involving Cardinal O’Brien, who left the post earlier this year after admitting inappropriate sexual conduct, Mgr Cushley said.
He said he would take stock of what happened within the governance of the archdiocese when he is ordained on September 21.
The 52-year-old also expressed surprise at being appointed Archbishop, given his background as part of the Vatican’s diplomatic team, although he described the challenges of his new role as “comparatively easy” compared with previous situations he has faced.
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