SCOTLAND
STV
The new Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh has indicated he believes the Vatican will take no further action against his disgraced predecessor, Cardinal Keith O’Brien.
Archbishop Leo Cushley told a newspaper his “impression” was that Rome had finished with the matter.
Cardinal O’Brien, who was Britain’s most senior Catholic cleric, stepped down in February after three priests and a former priest made allegations of inappropriate behaviour against him.
He issued an apology, saying “there have been times that my sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me”.
After his resignation from the Archdiocese, he stated that he would play no further part in the public life of the Catholic Church in Scotland. He later left the country for a period of “spiritual renewal”, with reports suggesting the Vatican had ordered him to leave.
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