Cardinal’s funeral to take place in Newcastle
The funeral of Cardinal Keith O’brien, formerly the Catholic Church’s most senior figure in Britain, is to be held in Newcastle-upon-tyne next month.
The 80-year-old, who resigned as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh in 2013 after admitting sexual misconduct, had recently been injured in a fall and died in a Newcastle hospital on Monday.
The Catholic Church has announced the requiem Mass will take place at the Church of St Michael in Newcastle on 5 April with Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, leading the service.
He will be buried the fol- lowing day at Mount Vernon Cemetery in Edinburgh in the grave of his mother and father, in accordance with his own wishes, the church said.
Cardinal O’brien resigned from his position in February 2013 after three priests and a former priest alleged improper conduct during the 1980s.