Thursday, February 25, 2010

Drunk-driving German woman bishop quits

By Simon Sturdee
Agence France-Presse
February 24, 2010

BERLIN - The colourful head of Germany's 25 million Protestants, dubbed by the media as a mixture of Mother Theresa and U.S. actress Demi Moore, resigned on Wednesday after being caught drunk-driving.

"Last Saturday, I made a big mistake," Margot Kaessmann, 51, told reporters. "My heart tells me quite clearly that I cannot stay in office with the necessary authority . . . I hereby resign from all my Church responsibilities." the rest

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