JOLIET (IL)
Detroit Free Press
May 17, 2006
BY DAVID CRUMM
FREE PRESS RELIGION WRITER
Bishop Joseph Imesch, a Michigan native now based in Illinois and one of the nation's most widely known Catholic leaders, will retire just days after his 75th birthday in June, Imesch announced Tuesday.
Pope Benedict XVI is moving Bishop J. Peter Sartin from the Diocese of Little Rock, Ark., to the Diocese of Joliet, Ill. On June 27, six days after Imesch's birthday, Sartin will be installed in Joliet. ...
In recent years, Imesch has been widely criticized for not being aggressive enough in rooting out sexually abusive priests. In March, he publicly apologized for insensitive statements he made about the sexual abuse of minors.
Posted by kshaw at May 17, 2006 06:08 AM