UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s decision not to take part in the election of a new Pope was his own, a spokesman for the Roman Catholic Church has insisted.
The cardinal also resigned as archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh following claims of inappropriate behaviour towards priests in the 1980s.
Archdiocese of Glasgow spokesman Ronnie Convery said Cardinal O’Brien had not come under pressure from the Vatican.
“It was very much his own decision,” Mr Convery told BBC Scotland.
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