US archbishop admits drink-driving
The new Catholic archbishop of San Francisco has assumed office without referring to the distress his appointment has aroused in this gay-friendly city, but offering self-deprecating jokes about his recent drunken driving arrest.
Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone, wearing gold and red robes with a matching mitre, told an audience of more than 2,000 invited guests at his installation Mass that he was grateful for the messages of support he had received from people of different religious and political viewpoints following the August 25 arrest in his home town of San Diego.
