Vatican Will Take No Action Against Cardinal Keith O’Brien Following Gay Sex Scandal

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Written by Nigel Campbell | Monday, 29 April 2013

It appears that no action will be taken by the Vatican with regards to Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s sexual misconduct with four priests (those are just the ones that we know of).

Now that O’Brien’s admitted to “unbecoming” sexual conduct, the Vatican sees no point in pursuing an investigation–or at the very least punishing him for his blatant hypocrisy as he vocally advocated against the rights of homosexuals while getting his rocks off with men in the rectory.

Shocking. (Not shocking.)

More after the jump.

Scotland on Sunday writes:

The Vatican is expected to take no further action against Cardinal Keith O’Brien after he admitted having sexual relations with four priests and a seminarian.

The Archbishop of St Andr­ews and Edinburgh was forced by Pope Benedict XVI to step down in February after admitting that “my sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me as a priest, an archbishop and a cardinal”.

However, Scotland on Sunday has learned that there is no active investigation into his behaviour and that the Vatican is only keeping a loose “watching brief” on his case. O’Brien is also unlikely to be asked to give up his rank as a cardinal unless the new Pope decides to confer the traditional red hat on another senior Scottish catholic.

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