I don't want to be Britain's next Catholic leader, monk tells the Pope

I don't want to be Britain's next Catholic leader, monk tells the Pope
By Simon Caldwell
01st January 2009

A monk chosen by Pope Benedict XVI to be the next leader of the Roman Catholic church in England and Wales has declined the post at the last minute, it emerged last night.

Dom Hugh Gilbert, the Abbot of Pluscarden Benedictine Abbey in Scotland, had originally said he would be happy to succeed Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor as Archbishop of Westminster. the rest