VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has removed from office Bishop Martin Holley of Memphis, Tennessee, the Vatican said yesterday. A Vatican spokesman said the decision had been taken over “an issue of management and had nothing to do with sexual abuse”. The Vatican’s statement was unusually tough, saying the 63-year-old had been “relieved of the governance” of the diocese. Such announcements usually say the pope has accepted a resignation. The widely-read National Catholic Reporter newspaper said Holley had been the subject of a Vatican investigation in June following complaints among priests about his leadership. The newspaper said Holley had transferred about 75 percent of the diocese’s priests shortly after his appointment in 2016. — Reuters