Scottish Cardinal on sectarian relations

Scotland has long been associated with a history of sectarian violence and prejudice. In 2006 a Scottish government report on anti-bigotry showed that Catholics are five times more likely to be the victims of religiously-aggravated crime than Protestants. But according to the head of the Catholic Church in Scotland, Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien, Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, sectarian violence has lessened in recent years....

".... the Catholic Church plays its full role in the ecumenical movement here in Scotland … … we are working together on matters of social concern…"

"... so I think sectarianism is still evident from time to time but not in the horrible way in which it once was…."