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Priest who said Scottish Catholic Church was run by 'powerful gay mafia' claims he has been 'bullied' after being told he can't return to work until he apologises
13 Feb 2024 09:45 GMT
Fr Matthew Despard was suspended after 'gay mafia' claims book made in 2013
He says sexual harassment claims proved him right and he won't apologise
By Oliver Price
Published: 04:31 EST, 13 February 2024 | Updated: 04:31 EST, 13 February 2024
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Public invited to join U.S. military archbishop in online rosary on Veterans Day
09 Nov 2023 20:14 GMT
WASHINGTON (OSV News) – Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services will lead an early morning rosary online on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, and the public is invited to join him.
"What better way to start Veterans Day …
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Scots ex-priest who claims he was sexually abused by Archbishop demands Vatican release secret report
05 Sep 2021 04:18 GMT
A former priest who says he was abused by shamed Cardinal O’Brien has called for a secret Vatican report into the allegations to be released. Brian Devlin, 61, was one of four priests who accused the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh of sexual …
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Cardinal O'Brien: Don't let Holy Land become a 'museum'
07 Nov 2018 20:59 GMT
Vatican City, Nov 7, 2018 / 12:29 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal Edwin O’Brien, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, told journalists Wednesday that the order of knighthood is committed to providing good educational …
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Obituary: Cardinal Keith O'Brien
25 Mar 2018 02:10 GMT
As archbishop and later cardinal, O'Brien - sometimes known as "the cardinal of controversy" - made an impact in three particular areas: the fight against world poverty; the moral questions surrounding abortion, embryo research and nuclear …
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Cardinal Keith O'Brien, disgraced Scottish prelate, dies at 80
19 Mar 2018 16:17 GMT
Vatican City, Mar 19, 2018 / 07:49 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien, who stepped down as Archbishop of Edinburgh in 2013 after admitting to inappropriate sexual conduct throughout his ministry, died Monday at the age of 80.
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Disgraced Cardinal Keith O'Brien asks for forgiveness in his will
06 Apr 2018 10:47 GMT
Disgraced Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who died last month following a fall, has asked for forgiveness to those he has offended in his will.
It emerged during his funeral that the former head of the Roman Catholic church in Scotland wrote, 'I ask for …
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Shamed Scots cardinal Keith O'Brien asked for forgiveness in final act of regret
05 Apr 2018 22:07 GMT
Disgraced cardinal Keith O’Brien asked for forgiveness in his will from those he “offended”, mourners were told at his funeral earlier today. O’Brien died in a Newcastle hospital last month after a fall. He was 80. His requiem mass was held at the Church …
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Prayer plea at Cardinal O'Brien funeral
05 Apr 2018 12:37 GMT
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The coffin of Cardinal Keith O'Brien was taken into the church in Newcastle
The UK's most eminent Catholic clergyman asked those gathered at the funeral of Cardinal Keith O'Brien to pray for the people he …
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Funeral to be held for Cardinal O'Brien
05 Apr 2018 09:29 GMT
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Cardinal Keith O'Brien was born in Northern Ireland and grew up in Glasgow
The funeral of Cardinal Keith O'Brien, formerly the Catholic Church's most senior cleric in Britain, is being held in …