UNITED KINGDOM
Mirror
Colleagues said he and knew neither what he is alleged to have done nor who had made the allegations that led to him quitting
Cardinal Keith O’Brien today continued to deny strenuously the “anonymous and non-specific” allegations that led to his resignation.
Colleagues said he was “vulnerable and very upset”, and knew neither what he is alleged to have done nor who had made the allegations.
Britain’s most senior Roman Catholic cleric quit aged 75 on Monday.
He was accused of “inappropriate behaviour” in the 80s by three priests and an ex-priest to papal nuncio Antonio Mennini.
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