http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/world/europe/09pope.html
May 8, 2010
Pope Accepts Resignation of a Bishop in Germany
By RACHEL DONADIO
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday accepted the resignation of a German bishop under investigation for sexual abuse, the latest high-profile resignation since a sexual abuse crisis erupted in the Roman Catholic Church.
Through a lawyer, Bishop Mixa, 69, denied the accusations, which date to his time as bishop in the Bavarian town of Eichstätt from 1996 to 2005, The Augsburger Allgemeine said.
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