California Episcopal priest resigns over past sex abuse allegations
June 24, 2006

CLAYTON, Calif. (AP) - Pressed by his bishop and public protests, an Episcopal priest is leaving the clergy over a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl decades ago.

The Rev. John Bennison, 58, of St. John's parish in Clayton near San Francisco, who is married with two children, admitted to the past sexual relationship while serving in the Los Angeles Diocese.

A 1993 church investigation said the relationship lasted four years and was one of several alleged affairs. the rest