Stika after resignation: ‘I myself was a victim of abuse’

After his resignation was announced Tuesday, Bishop Rick Stika told a Knoxville reporter that he had been sexually assaulted by a priest when he was a teenager.

Shortly after his resignation was announced Tuesday morning, Bishop Rick Stika told a Knoxville, Tennessee reporter that he had been sexually assaulted by a priest when he was a teenager. 

Bishop Richard Stika. Credit: JWoganDOK/wikimedia. CC BY SA 4.0

In addition to his comments June 27, the bishop named his alleged abuser in a Facebook exchange last wee…