ITALY
The Local
Published: 11 Nov 2014
A priest has abandoned his parish in a small town on the outskirts of the northern Italian province of Rovigo following revelations of an affair with a parishioner.
The 40-year-old decided to leave the parish in the Medio Polesine for a period of “reflection” after the affair was exposed last week, Il Gazzettino reported.
The relationship was discovered by a private investigator hired by the woman’s suspicious husband, who heads the church’s choir.
The priest reportedly told Bishop Lucio De Franceschi that he intended to use the time to “reflect on his future”.
The husband has since separated from his wife.
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