SCOTLAND
Telegraph
Cardinal Keith O’Brien had a long term physical relationship with one of the men whose accusations brought about his fall from grace, it is reported.
By Hayley Dixon
11:34AM GMT 22 Mar 2013
After a series of allegations and several complaints to the Vatican about his sexual behaviour towards priests in the 1980s, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland admitted he was guilty of misconduct and stepped down.
It is believed that the allegations against him may have been prompted by anger at his hypocrisy as he condemned same-sex marriages, even describing homosexuality as a “moral degradation”.
One alleged victim, who quit the priesthood in the middle of the last decade but has since re-joined a parish on the continent with the help of the cardinal, is known to have been in regular telephone contact with him until recently.
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