Bishop's secret wedding; `I do' ends scandal that rocked Catholic Church.(News)

From: Sunday Mirror (London, England) | Date: February 7, 1999 | Copyright information

DISGRACED former bishop Roddy Wright, once head of the Scottish Catholic Church, has secretly married his long-time lover Kathleen MacPhee.

The couple - who caused a scandal by eloping just over two years ago - wed in Antigua in the Caribbean.

The civil service took place last June, but the couple but only revealed it to the world last night.

The marriage was so secret that only Kathleen's three children, Donald, Steven and Julie-Anne, knew it had ...

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