From VirtueOnline

In the DIOCESE OF CENTRAL NEW YORK, an Episcopal priest VOL exposed as being a pedophile resigned after a five-month investigation of allegations he sexually abused a boy in the 1970s while serving as rector of St. Paul's Church in Owego. Ralph E. Johnson, 79, voluntarily renounced his orders but has not admitted guilt, said Bishop Gladstone "Skip" Adams, spiritual leader of the diocese. "He is no longer a priest," Adams said. Johnson's name appeared in a lawsuit filed in January when the Rev. David Bollinger, rector of St. Paul's Church in Owego, sued Adams and the diocese for $4.35 million. Bollinger has accused the bishop of failing to respond to allegations of abuse by Johnson. Bollinger said Adams retaliated against him for raising the issue by disciplining him and auditing his parish's finances. Adams has denied he tried to silence Bollinger. Until January, Adams said, no victim had notified him of alleged abuse by Johnson. But this week another man stepped forward and filed a complaint in the DIOCESE OF BETHLEHEM claiming he too was abused by Johnson. Fr. Bollinger's case grows stronger by the day.