The Roman Catholic Church hierarchy needs to be swept clean. In the latest scandal, Cardinal Keith O'Brien has been accused of sexual impropriety by four different priests. Of course, this is the same man that caused a stir when he said that priests should be able to marry...even though he is against gay marriage.
Well, his hypocrisy finally caught up with him after these charges, including a priest that said the Cardinal and he had a long-standing relationship. The Telegraph reports:
The most senior Catholic cleric in Britain, Cardinal Keith O'Brien of St Andrews and Edinburgh, has been forced to resign ahead of schedule following allegations that he made homosexual advances to younger clergy in his diocese – and isn't now expected to attend the conclave to elect the next Pope. There will now be no Briton in the Sistine Chapel when voting takes place. O'Brien's early resignation is believed to have been at the personal insistence of Benedict XVI, in one of his last acts as Pope.
The Cardinal denies the allegations, whose publication has been carefully timed – but his decision will remind the cardinals meeting in Rome next month that allegations against its clergy have now permeated the entire institution.
The next Pope's first priority must be to restore confidence in the sexual probity of the Church. Who on earth is going to be able to do that?
Amen.
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