VATICAN CITY
Evening Telegraph (UK)
By PRESS ASSOCIATION, 26 March 2014
Pope Francis has permanently removed a German bishop from his Limburg diocese after his 31 million euro (£26 million) new residence complex caused an uproar among the faithful.
Francis had temporarily expelled Monsignor Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst from Limburg in October pending a church inquiry into the affair.
The Vatican has said that the inquiry found that he could no longer exercise his ministry and that Francis had accepted his resignation, which was originally offered on October 20.
A replacement, Monsignor Manfred Grothe, will take over for now, the Vatican said citing a statement from the diocese.
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