SCOTLAND
BBC News
The Vatican is to investigate claims of sexual misconduct which surrounded the resignation of Cardinal Keith O’Brien, it has emerged.
He resigned as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh in February 2013 following allegations of improper conduct in the 1980s.
Cardinal O’Brien admitted that his sexual conduct had “fallen beneath the standards” expected of him as a bishop.
The inquiry will be carried out by Maltese bishop Charles Scicluna.
He will take testimony from clergy in the archdiocese in an attempt to discover what evidence there is against the cardinal or any other clergy.
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