UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
By Robert Pigott
Even if you’re not a Scottish Catholic, the case of the disappearing cardinal has an unsettling effect.
So much about the case against Cardinal Keith O’Brien, until Monday the leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, is unknown.
Even he is said by a close colleague to be unaware of who his accusers are, and exactly what they claim he did. The cardinal has said that he “contests” the claims against him.
Yet he has paid an extremely heavy price – resigning barely two weeks short of his 75th birthday, when he could have retired with dignity at the end of an illustrious career.
So why did he choose to go?
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