Bishop quit over his abuse of a child

NORWAY’S Catholic Church revealed yesterday a bishop who resigned last year did so after admitting he had molested a child years earlier, when he was a priest.

Georg Mueller stepped down as bishop in the western city of Trondheim in June 2009. The Church said it had not previously disclosed the reason for his resignation at the request of the victim.

Mueller’s successor, Bishop Bernt Eidsvig, said in a statement yesterday the 58- year-old German had been removed from all pastoral duties and undergone therapy after he admitted the abuse. Mueller admitted to only one case — before he became a bishop in 1997 — and no other allegations have come to light, Church officials said.