(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 2 - Pope Francis on Thursday accepted the resignation of the archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit, who tendered it after newsweekly Le Point reported he had had an affair with a woman in 2012.
The Paris diocese had admitted the prelate had had an "ambiguous" relationship with the woman.
The pope named mons. Georges Pontier as interim apostolic administrator in the French capital. (ANSA).
Pope accepts resignation of Paris archbishop
After reported affair with woman