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	Pope Accepts Resignation of Detroit Auxiliary Bishop WTOL February 2, 2006 http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=4445216 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. He is believed to be the first U-S bishop to disclose that he was a victim of sexual abuse by clergy.
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