Archbishop quits after sexual misconduct allegations


WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An archbishop who was one of the few Poles at the Vatican when John Paul II became pope announced his resignation Thursday, the highest-ranking prelate to be brought down in a spate of sexual harassment allegations shaking the Roman Catholic Church. Archbishop Juliusz Paetz of Poznan, an appointee and longtime acquaintance of the only Polish pope in history, stepped down amid a mounting scandal in the overwhelmingly Catholic country over accusations that he made sexual advances on young clerics. At a Mass at Poznan's cathedral, Paetz said he was resigning "for the good of the church" but protested his innocence, saying that "my kindness and spontaneity were misinterpreted."

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