Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a British bishop who stood down after admitting to an affair with a married parishioner, the Vatican said on Monday.

“The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Kieran Conry from the dioceses of Arundel and Brighton,” a statement said.

Conry, 64, had said in a letter to his parishioners that he had veered from the precepts of the Catholic church but underscored that his actions “were not illegal and did not involve minors.”

According to reports in the British press, Conry, who was appointed by Pope John Paul II in 2001 as bishop of Arundel and Brighton in southeast England, had an affair with a married woman.

The affair was exposed when the estranged husband of the woman hired a private detective to follow his wife when their marriage broke down.

The Archbishop of Southwark Peter Smith has been named the Apostolic Administrator of the diocese until a new bishop takes up the office.

The head of the Catholic church in England and Wales, Vincent Nichols, said it was a “difficult and sad moment” http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/pope-accepts-bishops-resignation-affair-married-parishioner/

God have mercy

solgee:
God have mercy

Amen!!!

Was that his first time ? Or the one made public ?

solgee:
God have mercy

ya

He had no choice BTW, this should be in the religious section

Well captured!!!!! After all,dick no b stick.

Don't choose celibacy if you can't live without body delicacy.

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he did the needful.good man

Dear pope,
Please allow any subordinate who is having an erection to get married rather than having uncontrollable orgies and thereby profane the name of Christ. If you have decided to stay celibate others are not finding it easy o! If you doubt me ask pope Benedict xvi.

The Roman Catholic Church should as a matter of urgency legalize marriage for these RANDY priests instead of all these scandals in the name of CELIBACY

Nawa 4 d Bishop ooooo

Descartes:
The Roman Catholic Church should as a matter of urgency legalize marriage for these RANDY priests instead of all these scandals in the name of CELIBACY

nobody forced celibacy on them. They were fully aware of what they were getting into before they went to seminary.

tonytony208:


nobody forced celibacy on them. They were fully aware of what they were getting into before they went to seminary.

But this is shameful.

Descartes:
But this is shameful.

yeah, you are right.

Devil is a lie

Descartes:
The Roman Catholic Church should as a matter of urgency legalize marriage for these RANDY priests instead of all these scandals in the name of CELIBACY

Those pastors that are married are they free from adultery?
The problem is not Celibacy, because it was not forced on anyone. If anyone feels he can not make that sacrifice then he should be encouraged to step down and not bring curse to himself and The Church.