via news.asiaone.com
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An Australian Roman Catholic bishop has quit his post over a row with the Vatican about women priests and other liberal reforms, saying that Pope Benedict XVI thought it best he be replaced.
William Morris, who has been the Catholic Bishop of the vast Queensland diocese of Toowoomba since 1993, told parishioners on Sunday that he was taking early retirement.
In a letter read at weekend mass services, 67-year-old Morris wrote: "it has been determined by Pope Benedict that the diocese would be better served by the leadership of a new bishop."
The dispute stems from Morris' comments five years ago that the church could consider ordaining married men and women because of a looming shortage of priests.
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