Funeral held for Britain’s former Catholic Church leader

NEWCASTLE (ENGLAND)
Press Association

April 5, 2018

The funeral of Cardinal Keith O’Brien, formerly the Catholic Church’s most senior cleric in Britain, is being held in Newcastle.

The 80-year-old, who resigned as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh in 2013 after admitting sexual misconduct, died in hospital last month following a fall.

A requiem mass is taking place at the Church of St Michael in Newcastle, led by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster.

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