With a gay orgy scandal in his troubled diocese under police investigation, a Polish bishop resigns

By NICOLE WINFIELD and VANESSA GERA
Associated Press

ROME (AP) — The pope has accepted the resignation of a Polish bishop whose diocese has been rocked for weeks by reports of a gay orgy in a priest’s apartment. The Vatican didn’t give a reason for the bishop’s resignation, but his diocese has been in the spotlight for over a month after one of his priests was placed under criminal investigation for having allegedly organized a gay orgy which involved a male prostitute. Polish media reported that a participant of the orgy collapsed after overdosing on erectile dysfunction pills. A prosecutor said the priest is suspected of having tried to bar paramedics from entering the apartment.