SCOTLAND
Edinburgh Evening News
CHRIS MARSHALL
Saturday 28 March 2015
DISGRACED Cardinal Keith O’Brien was a “predator” who was involved in dozens of cases of sexual misconduct dating back to the 1980s, it has been claimed.
In an interview with Catholic newspaper the Tablet, an unnamed priest alleges there were multiple incidents of sexual misconduct by O’Brien against seminarians and young clergy dating back to 1985, the year the cardinal became archbishop.
The man, one of five to have previously made allegations against the cardinal, said he believed at least 40 cases took place between 1985 and 2010.
Last week O’Brien again apologised for his “sexual conduct” after formally resigning from his role at a meeting with Pope Francis.
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