NYPost Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Brazilian bishop who quit after an intimate video of him with another man leaked on social media.

Tom Ferreira de Silva, the bishop of the Diocese of São Josà do Rio Preto submitted his resignation on Saturday after acknowledging that he was the man seen in the explicit video.

The Vatican announced that Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Tomé Ferreira da Silva, 60, of Sao Jose de Rio Preto, who confirmed to a local newspaper Diario da Regiao that it was, in fact, him in the video, but provided no additional comment.

The bishop has been subject to other Vatican investigations — including covering up reports of sexual abuse —  and many in his diocese have petitioned for his removal since 2014.

In 2015, the Vatican launched an investigation into alleged embezzlement and having a romantic relationship with his driver.

In 2018, the Vatican opened an investigation into sexual abuses in Ferreira’s diocese, including allegations he covered up some accusations. The Vatican also investigated da Silva’s reported relationship with an adolescent male, with whom he’d exchanged explicit sexual messages.

He’s guilty.

It’s a shame he embezzled money and sexually assaulted kids cuz jerking off on a Zoom call with a consenting adult is the least of his transgressions.

I read yesterday that the Catholic Church may start closing churches in different parts of the world where they’re no longer welcome.  Like on Indigenous reservations and other countries and places where their raping and pillaging over thousands of years has gotten old.

Sounds fucking great.

The world would be a much better place without pre-ordained rapists preaching the ‘good word’.

DB