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Manawatu Standard
October 6, 2019
By Paul Mitchell
A prayer meeting has been set up for Palmerston North’s Catholic community in the wake of the news of Bishop Charles Drennan’s fall from grace.
Pope Francis has accepted Bishop Charles Drennan’s resignation, which was announced on Friday night, over a complaint made by a young woman in regards to “unacceptable” behaviour of a sexual nature. On Saturday it was revealed it was not the first sexual misconduct complaint made against Drennan.
It wasn’t until Sunday mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit on Broadway Ave, the church where Drennan was officially acknowledged as the city’s bishop in 2012, that many of his parishioners heard about his resignation.
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