SCOTLAND
East Lothian Courier
Mairi Gordon • Published 16 May 2013
THE parish priest for Dunbar and North Berwick says he is willing to take on the Vatican in a legal fight to ensure that Cardinal Keith O’Brien is able to retire in the county.
The cardinal was forced to leave his role as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, the UK’s highest ranking Roman Catholic, in February after allegations of sexual misconduct were made against him – which he later admitted.
Recent reports have suggested that the Vatican had ordered Mr O’Brien not to follow through with his plan to retire to Dunbar, and instead leave Scotland and live elsewhere.
On Wednesday, the Vatican said in a statement that Mr O’Brien would be leaving Scotland for “several months” with his future to be decided by the Holy See.
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