Sexual harassment: Vatican official resigns

Father Geissler is accused by a former German nun of having been too urgent in a confessional. He denies.
A senior Vatican official, accused by a former German nun of having been too urgent in a confessional, announced his resignation, according to a statement issued Tuesday by the Holy See.

Austrian father Hermann Geissler handed over his resignation to the prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), which guarantees questions on Catholic dogma but also deals with cases on sexual abuse of the clergy. He was one of the three bureau chiefs of the CDF.

"Father Geissler made this decision to limit the damage already done to the Congregation and its community," the CDF said in its statement. "He asserts that the charge against him is false" and "reserves the right to initiate a possible civil suit".

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