Catholic bishop resigns, admits he has 2 kids

[RandySF]

VATICAN CITY — An assistant bishop of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Los Angeles has resigned because he has 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.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45871047/ns/us_news-life/#.TwSo8X1OFDQ

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. Has nobody in the Catholic hierarchy noticed

that their "abstinence pledges" just don't seem to work all that well in practice, at least not with human beings and maybe wondered (in the slightest) that maybe they need to look at changing this?

[MADem]

2. Now, the kids and the mother may well sue the church for paw's misconduct!

They'll need to live on something, and daddy ain't working anymore!

[roguevalley]

3. Rick Santorum will be half pleased. He didn't use birth control.