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Daily Mail (UK)
Catholic cardinal and former top Vatican official, 79, arrested for DUI while vacationing in Hawaii with priest friends
By SNEJANA FARBEROV FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
A Roman Catholic cardinal from California was arrested last week on a drunken driving charge while vacationing on Hawaii’s Big Island.
Police say Cardinal William Levada, 79, was seen driving erratically before he was pulled over Thursday night on Hina Lani Street in Kailua-Kona.
Levada, a former archbishop of Portland and San Francisco, was charged with DUI and released after posting $500 bail.
Before his retirement as archbishop in 2012, Levada was the highest ranking American cardinal within the hierarchy of the Catholic Church.
In a statement released in the wake of his arrest, the clergyman said he regretted his ‘error in judgement’ and promised to continue cooperating with police, reported Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
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