SCOTLAND
Daily Record
WRITER Peter Jennings said the accusers should have the courage to “come out and say exactly who they are”.
A FRIEND of Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s yesterday challenged the priests who accused him to have the courage to identify themselves.
Writer Peter Jennings, who has known O’Brien for more than 40 years, said: “I believe these priests should have the courage to come out and say exactly who they are.”
He also questioned why the priests made their claims through a senior figure in the diocese rather than directly to nuncio Antonio Mennini, the Vatican’s “open and accessible” ambassador to Britain.
Jennings added: “I would challenge these four men also to be more specific in their allegations.
“The talk of inappropriate behaviour is all very vague. It is not even clear if the allegations are sexual.”
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