September 5, 2021
Scots ex-priest who claims he was sexually abused by Archbishop demands Vatican release secret report
EDINBURGH (UNITED KINGDOM)
Daily Record [Glasgow, Scotland]
September 5, 2021
By Gordon Blackstock
Read original articleA 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 misconduct in 2013.
The scandal saw the disgraced cardinal – one of the most senior Catholic clerics in the UK – quit and apologise.
In the aftermath, the Vatican ordered its own internal probe, carried out by Bishop Charles Scicluna.
The bishop – who has gone on to become the Archbishop of Malta – was one of the Vatican’s best known sex abuse investigators.
His team travelled to Scotland in 2014 and carried out interviews as part of their 12-month long investigation into O’Brien’s conduct.
But details of the secret probe – which is believed to have been shown to the Pope – have never been revealed.
Brian, who…
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