U.S. Catholic Bishop Who Resigned Fathered Two Children
Photo ~ Mexican-Americans celebrate Mass, led by San Gabriel Region Auxiliary Bishop Gabino Zavala, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on March 31, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. U.S. Catholic …More
Photo ~ Mexican-Americans celebrate Mass, led by San Gabriel Region Auxiliary Bishop Gabino Zavala, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on March 31, 2005 in Los Angeles, California.
U.S. Catholic Bishop Who Resigned Fathered Two Children
VATICAN CITY Jan 4 (Reuters) - An assistant bishop of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Los Angeles in the United States has resigned because he had a secret family, including two teenage children.
The Vatican said on Wednesday that Pope Benedict had accepted the resignation of Gabino Zavala, an auxiliary bishop of the diocese which has been plagued by sexual scandals.
A brief Vatican announcement did not give the reason for Zavala's resignation, saying only that the pope had accepted it under the norm in canon (Church law) that says a bishop who is ill or otherwise unfit to carry out his duties should resign.
But Zavala's direct superior, Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez, has prepared a letter for the faithful in the archdiocese explaining the …More
U.S. Catholic Bishop Who Resigned Fathered Two Children
VATICAN CITY Jan 4 (Reuters) - An assistant bishop of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Los Angeles in the United States has resigned because he had a secret family, including two teenage children.
The Vatican said on Wednesday that Pope Benedict had accepted the resignation of Gabino Zavala, an auxiliary bishop of the diocese which has been plagued by sexual scandals.
A brief Vatican announcement did not give the reason for Zavala's resignation, saying only that the pope had accepted it under the norm in canon (Church law) that says a bishop who is ill or otherwise unfit to carry out his duties should resign.
But Zavala's direct superior, Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez, has prepared a letter for the faithful in the archdiocese explaining the …More
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(Señor, Purificador del pecado y Limosnero de la Gracia, te rogamos no nos abandones a causa de nuestros pecados, Consolador del alma adolorida, ten piedad de nosotros)