Well, this is unusual.

Bishop Joseph F. Martino is expected to resign as head of the Diocese of Scranton next week, sources within the diocese confirmed to The Times-Tribune today.

Still waiting for official confirmation, of course. When was the last time a bishop just resigned? UPDATE: It's confirmed -- and the auxilary bishop, John Dougherty, is going too. (He'd already turned 75 and was waiting for his resignation to be accepted.) Press conference on Monday; no official reason given yet.

Mollie Wilson O’​Reilly is editor-at-large and columnist at Commonweal.

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