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| Pope appoints temporary replacement to Cardinal Keith O'Brien | |
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| The Archbishop of Glasgow, Philip Tartaglia, has been put in charge of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh. | |
| The move comes after the resignation of Cardinal Keith O'Brien from the post. | The move comes after the resignation of Cardinal Keith O'Brien from the post. |
| He stepped down on Monday amid allegations he behaved "inappropriately" to three serving priests and a former priest. | |
| The church said Archbishop Tartaglia would lead the east coast diocese until a permanent appointment was made. | |
| He has been appointed apostolic administrator of the archdiocese with immediate effect. | |
| Archbishop Tartaglia said: "These are painful and distressing times for the archdiocese. I also feel pained and distressed. | |
| "With the grace of God, I will do my very best to oversee and govern the archdiocese until the appointment of a new archbishop. I ask for your prayers." | |
| Cardinal O'Brien, who was Britain's most senior Catholic, resigned as archbishop after he was accused of inappropriate behaviour towards priests in the 1980s. | |
| A Scottish Catholic Media Office spokesman said Cardinal O'Brien contested the allegations against him, which were "anonymous and non specific". | |
| In the allegations, a former priest claimed Cardinal O'Brien made an inappropriate approach to him in 1980, after night prayers, when he was a seminarian at St Andrew's College, Drygrange. | |
| A second statement from another complainant said he was living in a parish when he was visited by Cardinal O'Brien and inappropriate contact took place between them. | |
| A third complainant alleged dealing with what he described as "unwanted behaviour" by the cardinal in the 1980s after some late-night drinking. | |
| The fourth complainant claimed the cardinal used night prayers as an excuse for inappropriate contact. | |
| In a statement as he resigned, the cardinal thanked God "for any good I have been able to do" and apologised "to all whom I have offended for any failures". | |
| He had been due to take part in the election of Pope Benedict's successor next month but said in a statement he would be resigning with immediate effect and would not participate in the vote. | |
| There will now be no British Roman Catholic taking part in the conclave to elect the new Pope. | |
| Eighty-year-old Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor, the retired Archbishop of Westminster, plans to attend, but he is not eligible to vote. | |
| Archbishop Tartaglia is not a cardinal and therefore cannot vote in the conclave. | |
| Cardinal O'Brien had been due to retire when he reached 75 next month. |