RENO (NV)
Las Vegas Sun
By SANDRA CHEREB
ASSOCIATED PRESS
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Bishop Phillip Straling, who steered northern Nevada's Catholic community through a decade of growth and national abuse scandals that rocked the church, announced his retirement Tuesday, saying he no longer has the stamina to lead the Reno Diocese. ...
Since 1995, the Reno Diocese has grown by roughly 30,000 Catholics, to an estimated 105,000, according to church records. He also navigated the diocese's course during the height of priest abuse scandals that so far has cost the Catholic Church in the United State more than $1 billion.
"There's been some hurts and some failures," Straling said of the sex abuse scandals.