Bishop Puts a New Face on Abuse Scandal

Alan Cooperman over at The Washington Post has a story today about Bishop Tom Gumbleton of Detroit revealing that he was a victim of clergy sexual abuse some 60 years ago. Gumbleton, a liberal pacifist and one of the youngest (and now one of the longest-serving) men ever made a bishop in the U.S.

Gumbleton revealed the abuse in preparing to testify in favor of an Ohio law that extends the statute of limitations in abuse cases. Our colleague David Crumm at the Detroit Free Press also has the story here.

The money quote, speaking of his (now deceased) abuser: "I don't have any animosity for him. I hope he's praying for me in heaven.''