Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the United Kingdom’s most vocal faith opponent of marriage equality, admitted to sexual misconduct. He resigned from his post last week, amid allegations of sexual misconduct with a seminary student and three young priests over 30 years ago. He has now announced that he will no longer contest the allegations.

TORONTO, Canada -- Today’s ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada in the case of Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v. William Whatcott is a merited affirmation of LGB equality under Canadian law.

In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court rejected the notion that some groups of people are less deserving of human rights protections than others, overturning comments to this effect by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal.

LONDON – Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the top figure in the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland and a leading voice against LGBT equality in the United Kingdom, has resigned after being accused by four priests of “inappropriate behavior.”

The accusations, which surfaced over the past few days, have rocked the UK as the Parliament has been debating a marriage-equality bill.

(Editor's note: The Vatican today denied rumors involving money and gay priests, according to CNN Breaking News.)

ROME — A controversial article by Italy’s respected, leading daily newspaper, La Repubblica, has linked the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI to the discovery of blackmail, corruption and a network of gay prelates in the Vatican.