UNITED KINGDOM
Deutsche Welle
Britain’s former top Catholic Church official has admitted that his sexual conduct had fallen short of the required standard. Keith O’Brien had been due to vote in the conclave for a new pope before his resignation.
In a statement released on Sunday, O’Brien – who stood down as head of the church in Scotland last week – apologized “to those I have offended.”
“I wish to take this opportunity to admit that there have been times that my sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me as a priest, archbishop and cardinal,” O’Brien said in a statement posted on the Scottish Catholic media website.
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