Local Catholic bishop resigns after revealing secret family

CALIFORNIA
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

IRWINDALE – An auxiliary bishop for the Catholic Church’s San Gabriel pastoral region stepped down Wednesday after revealing to superiors that he had fathered two children.

Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Gabino Zavala, 60, resigned under the code of canon law that lets bishops step down earlier than the normal retirement age of 75 if they’re sick or for some other reason that makes them unfit for office.

The pope accepted the early resignation from Zavala, who since 1994 has overseen 67 parishes and several Catholic schools throughout East Los Angeles, Pasadena and the San Gabriel and Pomona valleys.

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