SCOTLAND
Gay Star News
21 March 2013 | By Joe Morgan
Cardinal Keith O’Brien had a long-standing sexual relationship with a man while he was the leader of Scotland’s Catholic Church.
The man, who left the priesthood in the middle of the last decade, confessed to the relationship after complaints of sexual misconduct from other priests had been revealed.
Scottish daily newspaper The Herald reports the man, who has since re-joined the Catholic Church, was known to be in regular telephone contact with O’Brien and was a frequent visitor to his official residence in Edinburgh.
Two of the priests who claim they were abused by O’Brien say they were exasperated by the Cardinal’s double standards when it came to gay rights and marriage equality.
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