Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the former leader of the
Catholic Church in Scotland, has admitted his sexual conduct has at times “fallen
beneath the standards expected of me”.
He
apologised and asked forgiveness from those he had “offended”.
In a
statement, he also apologised to the Church and the people of Scotland.
The
cardinal resigned last Monday after three priests and a former priest had made
allegations of improper behaviour against him dating back to the 80s.
He is
expected to face a Vatican inquiry as a result of his admission.
The
inquiry into the former head of the Catholic Church in Scotland is not likely
to begin until after a new Pope is chosen.
Having read this story
what I want to know is why the words police and investigation were not
mentioned at any point.
Why isn’t this being
dealt with by the law, I can’t foresee the Vatican being overly keen to damage their
reputation further on this issue, meaning he’ll probably get away with a
minimal punishment.
If the Catholic Church is
serious about stamping out this kind of behaviour then let the law deal with
it, because it doesn’t exactly project transparency when announcing you’ll be investigating
yourself.
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