SCOTLAND
Catholic Herald
By MARK GREAVES on Friday, 4 April 2014
The Vatican has appointed its former chief prosecutor on clerical sex abuse to investigate allegations against Cardinal Keith O’Brien.
Auxiliary Bishop Charles Scicluna of Malta will visit the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh next week (April 8-10) and has asked those who would like to speak to him to “prepare their narratives in writing”, according to the National Catholic Reporter.
The bishop was appointed by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith following a request by Pope Francis.
The news was presented in a letter to priests and religious by Archbishop Leo Cushley of St Andrews and Edinburgh, Cardinal O’Brien’s successor. It is understood the letter invites anyone with concerns to speak to Bishop Scicluna next week and does not refer specifically to Cardinal O’Brien.
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