Scottland: Vatican calls halt to new bishops
The Vatican has called a halt to the appointment of any more Scottish bishops until a full investigation into the Cardinal Keith O'Brien scandal is completed by Rome. In the first known move in relation to the crisis since the election of Pope Francis, Scotland's leading Catholic bishop Philip Tartaglia was given the news at a meeting in the Vatican this week.
Cardinal O'Brien resigned from his position as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh two months ago amid confessions of gay sexual activity spanning decades. The move by Cardinal Marc Ouellet means three dioceses – Paisley, Dunkeld and Edinburgh – will not have their vacancies for a bishop filled. Another two with ageing bishops, Motherwell and Galloway, will not have their churchmen replaced.
(Photo: The Scottish bishops with Benedict XVI)
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Cardinal O'Brien resigned from his position as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh two months ago amid confessions of gay sexual activity spanning decades. The move by Cardinal Marc Ouellet means three dioceses – Paisley, Dunkeld and Edinburgh – will not have their vacancies for a bishop filled. Another two with ageing bishops, Motherwell and Galloway, will not have their churchmen replaced.
(Photo: The Scottish bishops with Benedict XVI)
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