Trial opens for Philadelphia bishop

Bishop Charles E. Bennison Jr., leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, is on trial by the church for “conduct unbecoming a member of the clergy” in his handling of a 1970s sex scandal involving his brother – now a resigned priest – and a teenage parishioner.

Bishop Charles E. Bennison Jr., leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, is on trial by the church for “conduct unbecoming a member of the clergy” in his handling of a 1970s sex scandal involving his brother – now a resigned priest – and a teenage parishioner.

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