Revealed: First Claim against Cardinal Keith O’brien

By Mike Wade
The Times
February 28, 2013

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Mike Wade

The resignation of Cardinal Keith O’Brien was triggered by a claim of inappropriate behaviour towards a priest in 2001, that was lodged with the Vatican in October.

Details of the accusation emerged for the first time last night. It is the fifth such allegation to be made public but the first, historically, to have been made by a priest or former priest against the former leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland.

The complaint is said to have given other men confidence to come forward with allegations against the cardinal, who stepped down with immediate effect on Monday.