SCOTLAND
Vatican Insider
Media reports say the Vatican has apparently ordered the cardinal to leave Scotland after his alleged involvement in a recent sex abuse scandal
VATICAN INSIDER STAFF
ROME
British cardinal, Keith O’Brien, who was recently implicated in a Church sex abuse scandal, will not be able to spend the rest of his days in Scotland, as he had intended to do, but is being forced to leave the UK.
According to Glasgow daily The Herald, Rome suggested the cardinal leave the country. The newspaper quoted figures close to the cardinal as sources. Cardinal O’Brien was forced to resign and was banned from participating in the Conclave that voted Francis as Pope, after he admitted to “improper conduct” with priests in his former archdiocese.
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