SCOTLAND
Herald Scotland
Saturday 24 August 2013
Gerry Braiden
Senior reporter
THE Catholic cleric announced as the successor to Keith O’Brien is expected to open files on abuse within the church dating back 60 years, overturning a decision by the shamed cardinal to block the move.
Monsignor Leo Cushley, who will be installed as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh next month, will “fully endorse” plans by the rest of Scotland’s bishops to trawl church records for decades of clerical abuse
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