Bishop resigns after Vatican probes allegation he had mistress and siphoned off $124k
A Catholic bishop has resigned following reports he had a mistress and siphoned off more than $100,000 in church funds.
Pope Francis on Wednesday accepted the resignation of Bishop Hubertus Leteng of Ruteng in Indonesia.
Denpasar bishop, Monsignor Sylvester San, will run the diocese until a permanent replacement is found.
Local media and the Ucanews agency, which covers the Catholic Church in Asia, reported that dozens of priests resigned en masse in June to protest against Bishop Leteng's administration.
The Vatican sent an investigator to look into their allegations that the bishop had a mistress and secretly borrowed $94,000 from the Indonesian bishops' conference and another $30,000 from the diocese without accounting for it.
According to Ucanews, the bishop said the money financed the education of a poor youth, though he declined to provide details.
AP
