UNITED KINGDOM
Express
By: Paul Jeeves
Published: Tue, March 5, 2013
Nick Freeman, known as Mr Loophole for successfully getting celebrities off driving convictions, has written to the Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders Police David Strang demanding action.
He acted after hearing the Church plans to launch its own internal investigation after the 74-year-old cardinal admitted there were times his “ sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me as a priest, archbishop and cardinal”.
Britain’s most senior Catholic cleric stepped down from his post as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh last week.
I was shocked to hear there is to be an internal investigation only. This will be heard behind closed doors and the full findings would not be published.
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