SCOTLAND
Scotsman
Published on 01/05/2013
THE former leader of Scotland’s Catholics has emerged from hiding to move belongings from his official residence to the house in East Lothian where he plans to spend his retirement.
Cardinal Keith O’Brien, 75, who was forced to stand down as Archbishop of St Andrews Edinburgh after admitting inappropriate sexual behaviour with priests, said he would move to the church-owned property in Dunbar when a successor is appointed.
He said: “My own home is in the north of Ireland, but I don’t want to go back to Ireland at the present time. All my friends are here in Scotland.
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