Trouble for bishops
By Michael Paulson, Globe Staff, 4/8/2002
Since 1990, 14 bishops have resigned amid allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct.
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RESIGNATIONS
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Austria
| 1998 | |
Cardinal Hans
Hermann Groer (Vienna)
Allegation: Molested
seminarians and a priest.
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Canada
| 1991 | |
Archbishop Alphonsus
L. Penney (St. John�s,
Newfoundland)
Allegation: Protecting
pedophiles.
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Ireland
| 2002 | |
2002 Bishop Brendan
Comiskey (Ferns)
Allegation: Protecting
pedophile.
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| 1992 | |
Bishop Eamonn Casey
(Galway)
Allegation: Affair with an
American woman and
fathered a child by her.
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Great Britain
| 2001 | |
Archbishop John
Aloysius Ward (Cardiff,
Wales)
Allegation: Protecting
pedophiles.
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| 1996 | |
Bishop Roderick
Wright (Argyll and the Isles,
Scotland)
Allegation: Fathered a child,
but left town with another
woman, whom he married
in 1998.
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Poland
| 2002 | |
Archbishop Juliusz
Paetz (Poznan)
Allegation: Harassed
seminarians.
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Switzerland
| 1995 | |
1995 Bishop Hansjorg Vogel
(Basel)
Allegation: Pregnant
girlfriend; he married her
in 1999.
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United States
| 2002 | |
2002 Bishop Anthony J.
O'Connell (Palm Beach, Fla.)
Allegation: Molested a
seminarian.
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| 1999 | |
Bishop Patrick Ziemann
(Santa Rosa, Calif.)
Allegation: Priest sued him
for sexual assault.
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| 1999 | |
Bishop Daniel Ryan
(Springfield, Ill.)
Allegation: Alleged sex with
male prostitutes and priests.
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| 1998 | |
Bishop Joseph Keith
Symons (Palm Beach, Fla.)
Allegation: Molested 5 boys.
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| 1993 | |
Archbishop Robert F.
Sanchez (Santa Fe)
Allegation: Sexual relationships
with 5 women.
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| 1990 | |
Archbishop Eugene A.
Marino (Atlanta)
Allegation: Relationship with
female lay minister.
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LEGAL WOES
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Belgium
| 1998 | |
1998 Cardinal Godfried
Danneels (Brussells)
Allegation: Held liable, fined
for actions of pedophile
priest. Ruling overturned on
appeal.
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France
| 2001 | |
Bishop Pierre Pican
(Bayeux-Liseux,
Normandy)
Allegation: Suspended
sentence for not reporting
pedophile priest.
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Sources: Center for Applied
Research in the Apostolate,
Georgetown University; news
reports
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