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(71,265 posts) Wed Oct 23, 2013, 02:14 PM Oct 2013

Vatican suspends Germany's 'bling bishop'

Vatican City (AFP) - The Vatican on Wednesday suspended indefinitely a German Catholic cleric dubbed the "bling bishop" for his luxury lifestyle, despite multiple calls in Germany for the prelate to be dismissed.

"The Holy See deems it appropriate to authorise a period of leave from the diocese for Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst," the Vatican said in a statement.

"The Holy Father has been continuously and objectively informed of the situation," it said.

"A situation has been created in which the bishop can no longer exercise his episcopal duties."

Read more at http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-suspends-germanys-bling-bishop-103724786.html