SCOTLAND
The Times
Paris Gourtsoyannis
Published September 12 2015
The University of St Andrews has been criticised by victims of sexual abuse after it dismissed a request to remove an honorary degree given to Cardinal Keith O’Brien.
Cardinal O’Brien, once the most senior Roman Catholic clergyman in Britain, has been accused of making a string of sexual advances towards priests during his 25 years as archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh.
One of his alleged victims has claimed Cardinal O’Brien was a sexual “predator” who used confessions from priests and seminarians to groom them.
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