Pope expels German 'bishop of bling' from diocese during investigation
Pope Francis expelled a German bishop from his diocese on Wednesday pending the outcome of a church inquiry into his €31 million ($43 million) new residence complex. The Vatican didn’t say how long Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, 53, would spend away from the diocese of Limburg but it refused calls to remove him permanently. It gave no information on where he would go or what he would do.
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