Cardinal Keith O’Brien, a disgraced ex Roman Catholic Cardinal in Scotland who stepped down in 2013 after a sex scandal has died aged 80, the Church said on Monday.

O’Brien, an outspoken critic of gay marriage, resigned after three priests and one former priest complained about incidents of sexual misconduct dating back to the 1980s.

O’Brien initially denied the allegations but then apologised for sexual conduct he said had “fallen below the standards expected of me”.

He quit as archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh in 2013 shortly after Pope Benedict shocked the Catholic world with his own resignation.

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