Catholic Cardinal Reportedly Had A Boyfriend
Scottish Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the highest ranking Catholic in the UK recently resigned because of on going scandel. The scandal began earlier this year when reports that Scottish Cardinal Keith O'Brien had "
inappropriate contact" with male priests appeared in the British press. O'Brien, resigned the next week, admitting that his "sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me."
This is the same Catholic Cardinal who said Homosexuality Was 'Moral Degradation' and O'Brien was called
"bigot of the year" by gay advocacy group Stonewall last year after saying gay marriage a "grotesque subversion of a universally accepted human right" and that same-sex partnerships were "harmful to the physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing of those involved."
O'Brien had a "long-standing physical relationship" with a man whose accusations went public.
He was known to have been in regular telephone contact with Cardinal O'Brien until recently, and was a frequent visitor to St Benets, O'Brien's official residence in Edinburgh's Morningside."
O'Brien is reported to have admitted to the relationship.
According to the Herald, this man and others made the decision to go public with their complaints in reaction to comments from O'Brien that they perceived as anti-gay.