UNITED KINGDOM
International Business Times
By Timur Moon
Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Britain’s most senior Catholic clergyman, should be allowed to decide for himself whether to take part in next week’s Vatican conclave to select the next Pope after allegations he made “inappropriate advances” to other priests, according to the former Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor.
Three priests and one former priest in Scotland have reported Cardinal O’Brien to the Vatican over the claims, which stretch back 30 years.
One of the complainants said the cardinal’s inappropriate behaviour led him to seek long-term psychological counselling.
Cardinal O’Brien has denied the allegations.
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