UNITED KINGDOM
The Tablet
Six months after Kieran Conry’s resignation, Bishop of the Forces appointed to lead Arundel and Brighton
21 March 2015 by Christopher Lamb
A new Bishop of Arundel and Brighton has been appointed to succeed Kieran Conry, who resigned last September having admitted to being unfaithful to his vow of celibacy.
Pope Francis today named Bishop Richard Moth, currently Bishop of the Forces, to lead the diocese which this year celebrates its 50th anniversary.
Bishop Emeritus Kieran Conry resigned after a newspaper revealed his intimate friendship with a married woman. Although he denied a sexual relationship with that individual he admitted he had had an affair with another woman that lasted six years.
Bishop Moth, 56, will be installed on 28 May in time to celebrate the diocese’s Golden Jubilee Mass which will take place at the Amex Stadium in Brighton, on 5 July.
Alongside his forces role, the bishop is Chairman of Governors at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, the episcopal liaison for prisons and holds a brief on mental health issues for the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. He is a priest of the Archdiocese of Southwark – where he held senior positions such as vicar general and chancellor – and has been an Oblate of the Order of St Benedict for over 30 years.
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