broadcast his pictures of the bishop embracing the anonymous woman at a holiday beach resort, the BBC reported. One such
image shows the bishop waist-deep in the water as he is hugging the woman in his swimming trunks.
Catholic Bishops are not supposed to get married, but instead
swear a life of celibacy and give themselves over to God. The issue has been up for debate by the Vatican in recent times, although Pope Benedict XVI has remained firm in his position to uphold Roman Catholic Church teachings.
While information on the woman was not readily available, the
bishop has confessed that he was having "amorous ties" with
her. He had previously tried to excuse himself by saying that she
was just a childhood friend, one that he had known all his life.
In a public statement,
he also said that the
photographs were misleading, and could lead people to make the
wrong conclusions about the situation. He went as far as to ask
his congregation to "forgive him for the ambiguity of the
pictures," and insisted again that the photos should only be viewed in the context of a long-standing friendship.
Later the same week, however, the bishop admitted to having an
inappropriate relationship with the woman and turned in his resignation, and it has since been accepted by the Vatican
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