Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whiti - I kii a O'Brien, i a ia e whakahe ana i tetahi pire a te Paremata mo te embryology i te tau 2008, i mau ia i tetahi kaari kaitoha. I raru a O'Brien i nga raru o te ngakau, a i whakauruhia ki tetahi pacemaker i muri i tana amuamu mo nga whiu me te koretake i mua o te Mass Passion Sunday i te Poutu-te-rangi 2008. I tana whakapuakitanga e kore ia e haere ki te hui o 2013
ka mea ia "I te whakatata ki te 75 o oku tau, ā, i ētahi wā i roto i te hauora, i tukuna e au taku wehenga mai hei Pihopa o St Andrews me Edinburgh ki a Pope Benedict XVI i etahi marama kua pahure ake nei".