SCOTLAND
Glasgow Evening Times
Maltese Auxiliary Bishop Charles Scicluna, who has being investigating clerical abuse for a decade, will visit Scotland next week to take testimonies from those with information about sexual misconduct surrounding the Cardinal.
Wider allegations will also be investigated.
In a letter to clergy in the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh, Cardinal O’Brien’s successor Archbishop Leo Cushley said Bishop Scicluna would “listen to and report the testimony offered by past and present members of the clergy … concerning any incidents of sexual misconduct committed against them by other members of the clergy whomsoever”.
Cardinal O’Brien stepped down as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh in February 2013 after he acknowledged sexual behaviour spanning his time as a priest, bishop and cardinal.
The move is a clear indication Pope Francis has not allowed the matter to drift.
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