A Polish bishop has quit after a national scandal involving priests in a homosexual orgy that ended with a male prostitute suffering a heart attack from a Viagra overdose.
The Holy See Press Office announced on Tuesday that Pope Francis had accepted the resignation of 59-year-old Bp. Grzegorz Kaszak from the pastoral governance of the scandal-plagued Sosnowiec diocese, leading to speculation that the bishop was asked to resign.
The bishop’s resignation follows an Oct. 6 online petition from Catholics pleading with Pope Francis to dismiss Kaszak and create a Vatican commission “with the participation of lay people that will restore faith in the honesty and transparency of the Church.”
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