UNITED KINGDOM
Gay Star News
01 March 2013 | By Joe Morgan
Another priest has accused Cardinal Keith O’Brien of initiating ‘inappropriate behavior’.
It is the fifth such allegation to be made public against the former leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, after O’Brien resigned on Monday (25 February).
The complaint is said to have given other men confidence to come forward with allegations against the cardinal, the Times (£) reports.
The priest wrote directly to Rome late last year because he felt he could not trust the church hierarchy in Scotland to handle the matter.
His allegation was taken seriously, and O’Brien was allowed to resign a month earlier than he had already planned.
Other allegations of ‘acts’, made by three other priests and a former priest was revealed six days ago by The Observer newspaper, and date back over 33 years.
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