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#25192. Doc Holiday
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Besides Bernard Law, what Cardinals have resigned?
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USA
Cardinal Bernard Law, archbishop of Boston, on Friday, following months of criticism for his mishandling of sex abuse claims against priests. -Bishop J. Kendrick Williams of Lexington, Ky., on June 11, following allegations he abused two minors and an 18-year-old decades ago, which Williams denied.
-Auxiliary Bishop James McCarthy of New York, on June 11, after apologizing for affairs with adult women.-Archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee, following May 23 news that his archdiocese paid {$450,000} to a man claiming Weakland attempted to sexually assault him. Weakland admitted an 'inappropriate relationship' but denied abuse.-Bishop Anthony O'Connell of Palm Beach, Fla., in March, after admitting repeated abuse of an underage student at the Missouri seminary he led. Others filed later suits.-Bishop G. Patrick Ziemann of Santa Rosa, Calif., in 1999, when a priest claimed sexual coercion after Ziemann learned he had stolen parish funds. Ziemann said their relationship was consensual.-Bishop J. Keith Symons, O'Connell's predecessor in Palm Beach, in 1998, after admitting past molestation of five boys in three parishes.
-Archbishop Robert Sanchez of Santa Fe, N.M., in 1993, after confessing relationships with adult women.-The late Archbishop Eugene Marino of Atlanta, in 1990, upon admitting involvement with a woman parishioner.
Dec 15 02, 11:13 AM
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Other than USA
-Archbishop Edgardo Storni of Argentina, on Oct. 1, after a book said he abused at least 47 seminarians, though a 1994 Vatican investigation found insufficient evidence to act. Storni said his resignation did not signify guilt.-Auxiliary Bishop Franziskus Eisenbach of Germany, in April, after a woman accused him of sexual abuse and injuries during an exorcism. The Vatican said resignation was no admission of guilt.-Bishop Brendan Comiskey of Ireland, in April, after apologizing for not preventing a priest's serial abuse.-Archbishop Juliusz Paetz of Poland, in March, amid allegations he had sexually harassed several priests, which he denied.-Archbishop John Aloysius Ward of Wales, in 2001, after charges he ignored warnings about two priestly molesters.-Bishop Hansjoerg Vogel of Switzerland, in 1995 after admitting he had impregnated a woman following his appointment to the hierarchy the preceding year.-Cardinal Hans Hermann Groer, Austria's primate, sent into exile in 1995 following molestation claims from former high school boys. Neither Groer nor the Vatican directly admitted guilt.-Bishop Hubert O'Connor of British Columbia, Canada, charged in 1992 and imprisoned in 1996 for sexually assaulting two teenage girls as principal of a boarding school.-Bishop Eamonn Casey of Ireland, in 1992, upon admitting he fathered a child and used church offerings to pay the mother secret child support.-Archbishop Alphonsus Penney of Newfoundland, Canada, in 1990, after a church commission criticized him for failing to prevent extensive abuse of orphanage boys.
 http://www.sacbee.com/24hour/nation/story/672697p-5022195c.html
Dec 15 02, 11:14 AM
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