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Keith O'Brien Resigns: Top UK Cardinal Will Skip Papal Conclave Over Allegations Of Misconduct
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Keith O'Brien Resigns: Top UK Cardinal Will Skip Papal Conclave Over
Allegations Of Misconduct
By GREGORY KATZ and NICOLE WINFIELD 02/25/13
LONDON -- Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Britain's highest-ranking Catholic
leader, says he is resigning as archbishop in the wake of misconduct
allegations and will be skipping the conclave to elect a successor to
Pope Benedict XVI.
The cardinal said in a statement Monday that he will not attend
because he doesn't want media attention focused on him during the
important session in Rome.
Experts said the decision not to attend the papal conclave is
unprecedented; never before has a cardinal stayed away from a conclave
because of personal scandal, according to Vatican historian Ambrogio
Piazzoni, the vice prefect of the Vatican library.
The Vatican confirmed that O'Brien had resigned as archbishop of Saint
Andrews and Edinburgh. It was accepted under the code of canon law due
to O'Brien's age; he turns 75 – the normal retirement age for bishops
– on March 17.
He said in a statement that he is in "indifferent health" and that he
had offered his resignation last November. A church statement says the
pope accepted O'Brien's resignation on Feb. 18....
O'Brien has said through his spokesman that he is contesting
allegations made Sunday in a British newspaper that three priests and
a former priest have filed complaints to the Vatican alleging that the
cardinal acted inappropriately with them.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/25/uk-cardinal-resigns_n_2758151.html
Allegations Of Misconduct
By GREGORY KATZ and NICOLE WINFIELD 02/25/13
LONDON -- Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Britain's highest-ranking Catholic
leader, says he is resigning as archbishop in the wake of misconduct
allegations and will be skipping the conclave to elect a successor to
Pope Benedict XVI.
The cardinal said in a statement Monday that he will not attend
because he doesn't want media attention focused on him during the
important session in Rome.
Experts said the decision not to attend the papal conclave is
unprecedented; never before has a cardinal stayed away from a conclave
because of personal scandal, according to Vatican historian Ambrogio
Piazzoni, the vice prefect of the Vatican library.
The Vatican confirmed that O'Brien had resigned as archbishop of Saint
Andrews and Edinburgh. It was accepted under the code of canon law due
to O'Brien's age; he turns 75 – the normal retirement age for bishops
– on March 17.
He said in a statement that he is in "indifferent health" and that he
had offered his resignation last November. A church statement says the
pope accepted O'Brien's resignation on Feb. 18....
O'Brien has said through his spokesman that he is contesting
allegations made Sunday in a British newspaper that three priests and
a former priest have filed complaints to the Vatican alleging that the
cardinal acted inappropriately with them.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/25/uk-cardinal-resigns_n_2758151.html
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