Church Crisis Is Not Going to Go Away

By Gerry Braiden
Herald Scotland
May 9, 2014

http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/columnists/inside-track-church-crisis-is-not-going-to-go-away.24155698

HE offered an olive branch but the strange case of Scotland's "whistleblowing rebel priest" is not going away any time soon.

After a year of standing by his allegations of powerful gay cliques within the clergy and resisting moves by the Catholic hierarchy against him, Father Matthew Despard made reconciliatory overtures last weekend.

According to his lawyer, Father Despard now seeks a "brotherly" way out of the legal actions racking up against him, talking of "respect and honour" and "resolving breaches in relations".