SCOTLAND
Channel 4
Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien, who resigned as head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland after admitting sexual misconduct, is heading to the Vatican for months of “prayer and penance”.
Cardinal O’Brien was Britain’s most senior Catholic cleric until his resignation in February.
He originally denied allegations made against him by four men, but said in March that his actions had fallen below the standards expected of him as a priest.
He stepped down after allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards three priests and a former priest dating back to the 1980s were printed in a national newspaper.
In a statement issued by the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland on 4 March, the cardinal said he had initially contested what he called the “anonymous and non-specific” allegations made against him.
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