This video is called Cardinal Keith O’Brien Steps Down Before Pope Benedict’s Retirement.
By Rory MacKinnon in Britain:
Disgraced O’Brien blocked child abuse probe
Friday 23 August 2013
Scotland’s Catholic church abandoned its investigation into child sex abuse on the sole objection of disgraced Cardinal Keith O’Brien, officials said today.
A church spokesman confirmed allegations by retired archbishop of Glasgow Mario Conti, who said the country’s eight bishops had met in 2011 to plan an independent audit of child abuse cases from each of their dioceses since 1952.
Mr Conti said “all but one member” had approved the project – including publication of its results – “but this was delayed by the objection of the then-president of the conference.
“Without full participation of all the dioceses the exercise would have been faulty.”
Cardinal O’Brien quit as archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh in February after four men accused him of coercing them into sexual relationships while serving as priests under him.
Cardinal O’Brien, who has since sought “spiritual renewal and reflection,” could not be reached for comment.
Defending the decision to scrap the investigation, a church spokesman said: “Without the participation of all the dioceses a national audit was not possible so the analysis was stopped,” he said.
The bishops had since agreed to publish audits of cases since 2006, detailing “any complaints made about clergy, church workers, volunteers or anyone else and how these complaints were dealt with.”
“The church remains willing to engage in any process which allows lessons to be learned and survivors to be supported,” he said.
Related articles
- Cardinal Keith O’Brien blocked inquiry into historic sex abuse (news.stv.tv)
- Revealed: Cardinal Keith O’Brien blocked inquiry into cases of historic sex abuse in Catholic Church (dailyrecord.co.uk)
- Cardinal O’Brien ‘blocked inquiry into sex abuse’ (scotsman.com)
- Disgraced Cardinal Keith O’Brien blocked independent inquiry into historic sex abuse (telegraph.co.uk)
- Disgraced Cardinal Keith O’Brien blocked probe into sex abuse with Catholic … – Daily Mail (dailymail.co.uk)
- Cardinal Keith O’Brien ‘blocked sexual abuse audit’ (itv.com)
- Cardinal Keith O’Brien ‘blocked’ independent sex abuse inquiry (metro.co.uk)
LikeLike
Pingback: Versatile Blogger Award, thanks Ajaytao2010! | Dear Kitty. Some blog
Pingback: ‘Priestly sexual abusers privileged over non-priestly abusers’ | Dear Kitty. Some blog
Pingback: The film Philomena and Irish clerical abuse | Dear Kitty. Some blog
Pingback: Scottish clerical sexual abuse scandal | Dear Kitty. Some blog
Pingback: Vatican and child abuse, United Nations criticism | Dear Kitty. Some blog
Pingback: Cardinal O’Brien’s sexual abuse inquiry by pope | Dear Kitty. Some blog
Pingback: Sexual abuse by nuns in the Netherlands | Dear Kitty. Some blog
Pingback: ‘Pope’s meeting with clerical abuse survivors a PR stunt’ | Dear Kitty. Some blog
Pingback: ‘Some cardinals abuse children’, Pope Francis I quoted | Dear Kitty. Some blog
Pingback: Homophobic sexually abusive Scottish Cardinal O’Brien resigns | Dear Kitty. Some blog
Pingback: After greenwashing, bankers’ ‘gaywashing’ in London | Dear Kitty. Some blog
Pingback: London lesbians and gays support miners, not recently homophobic BIg Banking | Dear Kitty. Some blog
Pingback: ‘LGBTQ trade unionists, not corporations, should be first at London Pride’ | Dear Kitty. Some blog
Pingback: Paedophile priest arrested in Italy | Dear Kitty. Some blog
Pingback: NATO’s ‘new’ Libya, world’s worst child abuse | Dear Kitty. Some blog
Pingback: Virgin airlines deports LGBTQ refugees, bad Pride sponsor | Dear Kitty. Some blog
Pingback: Over 500 children in Pope Benedict brother’s choir abused | Dear Kitty. Some blog
Pingback: British clerical, other child abuse | Dear Kitty. Some blog
Pingback: Big clerical sexual abuse cover-up in Illinois, USA | Dear Kitty. Some blog
Pingback: French cardinal sentenced for child abuse cover-up | Dear Kitty. Some blog