SCOTLAND
The Guardian
Severin Carrell, Scotland correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Monday 4 March 2013
• Had any senior figures in the Scottish Catholic church been aware of allegations about Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s behaviour and private life before the papal nuncio to the UK was given sworn statements by four men, three serving priests and a former priest, in early February?
• Were any officials in O’Brien’s private office or staff aware of these allegations, or of the cardinal’s sexual relationships, while he was denouncing homosexuality as a “grotesque subversion”?
• If so, what action did they take?
• What led the Vatican and Pope Benedict XVI to order the cardinal’s immediate resignation, suddenly last Monday, when it had known of the four men’s allegations since early February?
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