Former UMC Bishop Resigns

From the AP:

PITTSBURGH - A retired bishop in the United Methodist Church who taught at a seminary in New Jersey is resigning for personal reasons, effective Thursday, following an unspecified complaint, the church said.

Hae-Jong Kim, 70, became the church's first Korean-American bishop when he was elected in July 1992. He had been bishop of the church in western Pennsylvania for four years until his retirement last September.

The church received a complaint in January and it was handled in accordance with the United Methodist Book of Discipline, said Bishop Peter D. Weaver, president of the church's Council of Bishops.

He would not disclose the nature of the complaint, citing confidentiality.

"What we can say is ... that a just resolution has been agreed to by all parties" - the person who lodged the complaint, church officials and Kim, Weaver said Wednesday.