UK's top cardinal accused of 'inappropriate acts' by priests
Photo ~ Cardinal O'Brien, 74, faces claims of inappropriate attention by four priests...
One priest alleges 'unwanted behaviour' after late-night drinking...
Another priest said he was 18 when 'inappropriately approached...
O'Brien now faces demands for his immediate resignation...
But a former archbishop says people 'must listen' to the cardinal's side...
UK's top cardinal accused of 'inappropriate acts' by 4 priests
After making big news Friday, with his call for a married priesthood, Scotland’s Cardinal Keith O’Brien is now making headlines again. .
O'Brien, who is due to retire next month, has been an outspoken opponent of gay rights, condemning homosexuality as immoral, opposing gay adoption, and most recently arguing that same-sex marriages would be "harmful to the physical, mental and spiritual well-being of those involved". Last year he was named "bigot of the year" by the gay rights charity Stonewall.
Three priests and a former priest in Scotland have reported the most senior …More
"All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God ... God put [Jesus] forward as an expiation by his blood" (Rom 3:23, 25)
Just sad these kinds of cardinals or priest make or made scandalous, disunity in the Church. As they say...wolf among sheep.
I do not understand why 4 men ( 3 still active priests in the arch-diocese) choose to wait 30 or so years to make these dreadful allegations.
The last paragraph says more about the person who said it than about H.E. O'Brien.
Honestly: If the last paragraph were a realistic picture of obedience in the Church, then the present anarchy would be difficult to understand.