SCOTLAND
The Times

Paris Gourtsoyannis

Published September 12 2015

The University of St Andrews has been criticised by victims of sexual abuse after it dismissed a request to remove an honorary degree given to Cardinal Keith O’Brien.

Cardinal O’Brien, once the most senior Roman Catholic clergyman in Britain, has been accused of making a string of sexual advances towards priests during his 25 years as archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh.

One of his alleged victims has claimed Cardinal O’Brien was a sexual “predator” who used confessions from priests and seminarians to groom them.