The move, just short of a resignation, was taken against Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst of Limburg two days after he met the pope to discuss the scandal in the German Church at a time when the pontiff is stressing the importance of humility and serving the poor.
The Bishop related later to an undisclosed source that after searching for "opportunities" where extravagant spending is actually tolerated he intends to migrate to America and when possible, run for their Congress or enter in to politics at some level, "Maybe even try to become one of their Governors, bless you, my son." Tebartz-vanElst commented.
