ELCA bishop quits over sexual affair: Leader of Phoenix-based synod resigns
The bishop for Evangelical Lutheran Church in America congregations in Arizona and southern Nevada has resigned from his post and the ministry after admitting to sexual misconduct with a woman.
Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson announced from ELCA headquarters in Chicago on January 26 that Michael J. Neils, bishop of the 100-church Grand Canyon Synod, resigned after reporting his misconduct two days earlier and apologizing to the church.