Vatican sends Cardinal O’Brien into monastic exile

SCOTLAND
The Times

Mike Wade

Cardinal Keith O’Brien faces months in exile after he was ordered by Pope Francis to pay penance in a monastery after his admission of sexual advances towards young priests.

Cardinal O’Brien would be leaving “for several months for the purpose of spiritual renewal, prayer and penance”, according to a Vatican statement that was written “in agreement with the Holy Father”.

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