Keith O'Brien
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Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien was a senior-ranking Catholic prelate in Scotland. He was the Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh from 1985 to 2013.
O'Brien in 2007
Reporters outside St Bennets, O'Brien's Edinburgh residence, on the day he resigned
Reports of the sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy and members of religious orders have been documented in numerous countries. Beginning in the late 20th century, allegations and subsequent inve
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…and should not overshadow Benedict's visit. O'Brien and Nichols were asked whether the pope would respond to charges made against the church about clerical sex abuse during his four-day visit, the first papal visit to the UK since John Paul II in 1982. O'Brien said he did not know; Nichols said English, Welsh and…
Theodore McCarrick (1930–2025), ordered in 2018 by Pope Francis to a life of prayer and penance. Found guilty of sexual crimes against adults and minors and abuse of power, he was dismissed from the clergy in February 2019. He was the most senior church official in modern times to be laicized and was the first cardinal laicized for sexual misconduct.
Pope Francis making a speech in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (2018). The Catholic Church in Chile in 2018 suffered one of the worst of the worldwide Catholic sexual abuse cases, including the Fernando Karadima case, resulting in several convictions and resignations.
Rome, 2007. March organized by Facciamo Breccia against the interference of the Catholic Church in Italian Politics. The placard says: If Ratzinger really wants to play inquisitor that much, why doesn't he go deal with his pedophile priests?
Saint Peter's Basilica facade, Rome, Italy