SCOTLAND
Huffington Post
Disgraced Scottish Cardinal Keith O’Brien should stay away from Scotland, his sucessor has warned, after allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour.
He stepped down in February after three priests and a former priest made allegations against him, and has since left the country at the request of the Vatican for a period of ”spiritual renewal and reflection”. He issued an apology, saying ”there have been times that my sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me”.
Monsignor Leo Cushley, who is taking over as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, said that although he is a free man, it would be “wiser” for him not to return.
Mgr Cushley, speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Sunday Programme, said: “He is a free man in a free country so he can come back if we wants but the Holy See will be the ones to ask him to do whatever it is they intend.
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