Scotland’s Cardinal O’Brien accused of “inappropriate behavior”

 
Britain’s most senior Catholic clergyman, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, has been reported to the Vatican for inappropriate sexual behavior.          

Three priests and one former priest sent statements to the papal nuncio, Antonio Mennini, about sexual impropriety dating back to 1980.                     

As head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, next week O’Brien will be part of the assembly electing the next Pope, but now he faces demands for his immediate resignation.

According to The Observer, one of the priests claims that he needed counseling after an inappropriate relationship with O’Brien.                 

A second accuser stated that he was 18-years-old when O’Brien made an inappropriate approach following night prayers.               

A third said he was invited to ‘get to know’ O’Brien at the archbishop’s residence only to face ‘unwanted behavior’ after late-night drinking.             

O’Brien, originally from Northern Ireland, has been Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh since 1985.                    

In November, he was named ‘bigot of the year’ by Stonewall, a gay rights charity, after he referred to same-sex marriage as a ‘grotesque subversion’.