SCOTLAND
The Scottish Sun
July 12, 2020
By Ewan Mowat
Disgraced Scots Cardinal Keith O’Brien ‘found peace’ over alleged sex abuse scandal before his death, says former bishop
DISGRACED Cardinal Keith O’Brien “found peace” before his death, according to a former bishop.
Scotland’s top Catholic clergyman resigned in 2013 following an alleged sex abuse scandal amid claims he preyed on rookie priests.
But Richard Holloway, a former bishop of Edinburgh, has revealed O’Brien told him he “felt forgiven” in a “sweet correspondence” before his death in 2018, aged 80.
Holloway, who was primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church between 1992 and 2000, told The Times: “I think he had reconciled himself.
“I sent him an affectionate letter saying I hoped he was doing well and he wrote back to say that he had learnt some lessons and he was at peace with himself where he was.
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