Church trial begins for Episcopal bishop

RC's breathe a sigh of relief ... It's one of the Prods this time.

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PHILADELPHIA - A church trial began Monday for the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, who is accused of concealing the sexual abuse of a teenage girl by his brother, also a priest, in the 1970s.

A panel of bishops, priests and church members will decide whether Bishop Charles E. Bennison Jr., the leader of the nation's fifth-largest Episcopal diocese, may resume his duties. Bennison, 64, was ordered to cease all "ministerial and canonical acts" in November.

By JOANN LOVIGLIO Associated Press Writer