Maintaining neutrality throughout the Scottish referendum debate has required a delicate balancing act by the hierarchy in Scotland.As we reported, Peter Kearney, the director of the Catholic Media Office, campaigned for a “yes” vote. Soon after the “no” vote was announced, the Scottish bishops issued a statement saying they “recognise and respect” the result. At the bottom of that statement were the contact details of Fr Tom Boyle of the Scottish bishops’ conference. The next day a letter from the Archbishop of Glasgow to Scottish Nationalists’ leader, Alex Salmond, former First Minister of Scotland, was released. It described Mr Salmond as “one of the most able and influential political leaders that Scotland and the United Kingdom ha