Bp. Stika clarifies: ‘Open letter’ of support ‘could be a fake’

'I don't know how valid it is,' Stika said. 'I just put it out there.'

Bishop Rick Stika, the former Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, published Tuesday a text he called an “open letter” of support for him and signed, he says, by an “Anonymous Conclave of 10” cardinals.

After the letter attracted attention among Catholics Oct. 3, the bishop told The Pillar that he could not guarantee the text’s authenticity, but that he belie…