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	Swedish Bishop 'Ready to Resign' over Handling of Abuse Allegation Catholic Culture April 26, 2010 http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=6130 Less than two weeks after he urged victims of clerical abuse to come forward so that "the guilty priests-- if they are still alive-- can receive just punishment for the crimes they have committed," Sweden's sole bishop says he is ready to resign amid claims that he failed in 203 to adequately address an abuse allegation. A woman alleges that after she informed the bishop she had been abused by a priest who was having an affair with her mother, she was referred to a therapist. "As a bishop I take full responsibility for that and am prepared to face the consequences," said Bishop Anders Arborelius. "If it is due to me that it was not investigated, I am ready to face the consequences and ask the Pope to relieve me from my work as a bishop."
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