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GaryP · 06-19-2003, 03:45 AM

He has resigned...

Phoenix Bishop Thomas O'Brien, whose handling of a priestly sex scandal and involvement in a fatal hit and run accident shocked parishioners, resigned his post saying on Wednesday that he was acting with a "heavy heart" but in the best interest of the Catholic faithful.

The Vatican (news - web sites) said Pope John Paul (news - web sites) accepted O'Brien's resignation under an article of Catholic law which says bishops can quit if incapable of carrying out their duties for "serious" reasons.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...pope_bishop_dc

thebeave · 06-19-2003, 09:52 AM

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Originally posted by GaryP
He has resigned...

Phoenix Bishop Thomas O'Brien, whose handling of a priestly sex scandal and involvement in a fatal hit and run accident shocked parishioners, resigned his post saying on Wednesday that he was acting with a "heavy heart" but in the best interest of the Catholic faithful.

The Vatican (news - web sites) said Pope John Paul (news - web sites) accepted O'Brien's resignation under an article of Catholic law which says bishops can quit if incapable of carrying out their duties for "serious" reasons.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...pope_bishop_dc

This statement from the article cracks me up:

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"This is God coming in and saying we don't like the (immunity) agreement -- let me write one of my own," said Mark Kennedy, who was allegedly abused by a priest in the late 1970s. "Let's face it, you can be a complete atheist and you have to say that God has come to Phoenix. There's no other way to look at this."

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06-19-2003, 03:45 AM	#11
GaryP Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lancaster, OH Posts: 1,792	He has resigned... Phoenix Bishop Thomas O'Brien, whose handling of a priestly sex scandal and involvement in a fatal hit and run accident shocked parishioners, resigned his post saying on Wednesday that he was acting with a "heavy heart" but in the best interest of the Catholic faithful. The Vatican (news - web sites) said Pope John Paul (news - web sites) accepted O'Brien's resignation under an article of Catholic law which says bishops can quit if incapable of carrying out their duties for "serious" reasons. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...pope_bishop_dc

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