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VATICAN CITY The Vatican says Pope Benedict the 16th has accepted the resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit.
Gumbleton recently revealed he was abused by a priest 60 years ago.
The Vatican's brief announcement says the pope accepted the resignation for reasons of age. Gumbleton turned 76 last week. That's a year past the normal retirement age for bishops.
Gumbleton said in an interview published last month that he was abused in 1945 when he was a ninth grader at Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit.
Posted by kshaw at February 2, 2006 07:04 AM