VATICAN CITY
National Catholic Reporter
by John L. Allen Jr. ,Joshua J. McElwee | Feb. 25, 2013
Rome —
Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien, the archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh in Scotland who has been accused of inappropriate sexual relations with priests, has resigned as archbishop and has indicated he will not partake in the election of the next pope.
News of O’Brien’s resignation came Monday in a press release from his diocese, which said the cardinal, who turns 75 in March, had submitted his resignation to the pope in November.
“Given the imminent Vacant See, the Holy Father has now decided to accept the said resignation definitively,” stated the release from the Scottish archdiocese.
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