SCOTLAND
BBC News
The former archbishop of Glasgow has said Cardinal Keith O’Brien blocked a report into sex abuse in the church.
Writing to the Tablet, Emeritus Archbishop of Glasgow Mario Conti said Cardinal O’Brien, who has admitted sexual misconduct with other priests, prevented the investigation.
Other Scottish bishops had agreed the inquiry should go ahead.
Archbishop Conti told the Catholic paper he was confident the percentage of priests involved in abuse was small.
The Catholic Church has said it will engage in any process which allows “lessons to be learned”.
Commenting on the continuing investigation into allegations of sexual and physical abuse at Fort Augustus School, Archbishop Conti said he would have alerted the proper authorities if the allegations had been made to him while he was Bishop of Aberdeen.
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