A Vatican official who handles sex-abuse cases for the Catholic Church has quit two months after being accused of sexual abuse.
On Monday, Hermann Geissler resigned from his position as chief of staff in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a body that handles discipline in sexual abuse cases within the Catholic Church, according to a statement from the Holy See’s press office.
“Father Geissler decided to take this step to limit the damage already done to the Congregation and to his community,” the office stated.
Last year, a former nun accused an unnamed priest of making sexual advances toward her while in confessional.