SCOTLAND
Scottish Express
By: Stephen Wilkie
Published: Sat, April 5, 2014
Maltese Auxiliary Bishop Charles Scicluna, who headed the team examining clerical abuse for a decade, will be in Scotland next week to take evidence about alleged sexual misconduct.
Cardinal O’Brien’s successor, Archbishop Leo Cushley, gave details in a letter to clergy in the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh.
He 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”.
Cardinal O’Brien stepped down in February 2013 after acknowledging that his sexual behaviour as a priest, bishop and cardinal, had “fallen beneath the standards” of a clergyman.
Following allegations from three serving priests and a former seminarian, the Cardinal was told to have a period of repentance and reflection outside Scotland.
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