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Priest tapped as Duluth, Minnesota bishop resigns amid probe

| September 7, 2020 11:27 AM

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A priest recently tapped by Pope Francis to become a bishop for a northern Minnesota diocese has resigned after an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor in the 1980s surfaced before he could take up his post.

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