Irish Bishop Resigns, Apologizes To Sex Abuse Victims

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, New York Daily News
Wed, 03/24/2010 - 7:12am

Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation Wednesday of Bishop John Magee, a former papal aide who stands accused of endangering children by failing to follow the Irish church's own rules on reporting suspected pedophile priests to police.

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