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 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - A Zimbabwean archbishop who was an outspoken critic of President Robert Mugabe before becoming embroiled in a sex scandal said Tuesday he has resigned, but vowed to continue championing his countrymen facing political and economic crises.
Pius Ncube, who once said he was ready to lead a popular uprising against Mugabe, said he had offered his resignation to the pope "within days" of being accused of having an affair with a parishioner in July.
"I have not been silenced by the crude machinations of a wicked regime," he said in a statement issued Tuesday from his office in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city. "I am committed to promoting the social teachings of the Church, and to working among the poorest and most needy in Zimbabwe."
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