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Diocese of Knoxville

Vatican to ask Stika for resignation

Stika has been accused of covering up abuse allegations and bullying priests.

The Pillar
May 13, 2023
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The embattled Bishop Rick Stika will be asked by Vatican officials to resign as Bishop of Knoxville, after more than two years of scandal over the bishop’s leadership of his eastern Tennessee diocese.

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

According to sources close to the Vatican’s Dicastery for Bishops, Pope Francis decided last…

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