Bishop Blamed in Sex Scandal Steps Down
From Times Wire Reports
A Roman Catholic bishop blamed for a seminary pornography scandal in Austria has resigned. Bishop Kurt Krenn, who had overall responsibility for the seminary where authorities found up to 40,000 lurid images on computers -- including child pornography -- wrote to Pope John Paul II saying he was stepping down, state radio said.
The newspaper Der Standard quoted Krenn as saying: “Yes, I am resigning immediately as bishop of St. Poelten,” 35 miles west of Vienna. Church officials shut the seminary last month.
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