The Right Reverend Anthony Priddis said he would go in September, while he was still enjoying it, and become a Gloucester Diocese assistant bishop.

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Dr Morgan said he was pleased the amendment was also defeated as he said it would have changed the constitutional nature of the church by requiring bishops to appoint an assistant bishop.

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But on July 22nd police arrested the assistant parish priest, who had found the bishop's body in the garage of the house where they both lived.

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Gerardi's assistant, Reverend Mario Orantes, was found guilty of acting as an accomplice, and the bishop's cook.

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