Last week, the Observer reported that the former priest had claimed Cardinal O'Brien had made an inappropriate approach to him in 1980, after night prayers, when he was a seminarian at St Andrew's College, Drygrange.

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His accusers took their complaints to the Vatican representative in Britain and demanded O'Brien's resignation, The Observer reported.

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The announcement came a day after a report by the British Sunday newspaper The Observer that three priests and one former priest leveled allegations against O'Brien that date back 30 years.

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The British newspaper The Observer reported that three priests and one former priest leveled accusations against O'Brien that date back 30 years.

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Lo mismo se aplica con los estados de Montana o Alaska, de acuerdo con Steve Kornacki del New York Observer.

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Cardinal O'Brien announced his resignation on Monday, following allegations in the Observer newspaper on Sunday.

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The Observer said three priests and one former priest have made the complaint against Cardinal Keith O'Brien, 74, leader of the Scottish Catholic Church.

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