SCOTLAND
Daily Record
THE disgraced clergyman, formerly the most senior Catholic in Britain, will leave Scotland for “spiritual renewal, prayer and penance”, according to a Vatican statement.
CARDINAL Keith O’Brien is to leave Scotland for several months after admitting inappropriate sexual conduct during his church career, the Vatican has said.
Britain’s most senior Catholic cleric stepped down from his post as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh earlier this year after priests made allegations against him.
A Vatican statement said: “His Eminence Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien… will be leaving Scotland for several months for the purpose of spiritual renewal, prayer and penance. Any decision regarding future arrangements for his eminence shall be agreed with the Holy See.”
The cardinal stepped down as leader of the Scottish Catholic Church at the end of February after admitting that his sexual conduct “had fallen beneath the standards” expected of him during his almost 50-year career.
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