Pope Accepts Cardinal O'brien's Resignation

By James Matthews
Sky News
March 20, 2015

http://news.sky.com/story/1449085/pope-accepts-cardinal-obriens-resignation


Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Keith O'Brien.

It follows allegations that he had engaged in inappropriate sexual misconduct against junior priests.

He will now be stripped of the right to take part in any of a Cardinal's key duties.

As Cardinal, he was the leader of Scotland's Catholics but admitted in 2013 that his sexual conduct "had at times fallen beneath the standards expected of him."

He resigned as Archbishop in February 2013 and the following May the Vatican announced he would move away from Scotland for several months of prayer and penance.

It followed newspaper allegations surrounding his past behaviour.