Pope Leo XIV accepts the resignation of Emanuel Hana Shaleta after the San Diego bishop is arrested on embezzlement and money laundering charges.Emanuel Hana Shaleta is held on $125,000 bail and faces eight to 16 counts that prosecutors say involve about $250,000 taken from parish accounts; authorities say they arrested him at San Diego International Airport as he attempted to leave the US.The
Vatican says
Pope Leo XIV approved the resignation under eastern rite canon law and named
Saad Hanna Sirop as temporary administrator while prosecutors and church officials investigate;
Emanuel Hana Shaleta was ordained in Detroit in 1984 and has led the local Chaldean Catholic community since 2017.