UNITED KINGDOM
The Times
Dominic Kennedy
The Roman Catholic Church is facing a lawsuit from an estranged husband after a bishop resigned admitting that he had broken his priestly vows.
Kieran Conry, a trusted aide to the church’s hierarchy, made his admission in a statement read to congregations yesterday.
The potential legal action is based on the suggestion that the church had known for years of the bishop’s alleged romances but turned a blind eye.
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