First bishop to be caught drink-driving
UPDATE 25 Feb 2010
She has resigned as bishop.
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24 Feb 2010
Margot Käßmann (or Margot Kaessman), 51, was appointed the head of Germany’s 25-million-strong Protestant Church in October 2009, the church’s first ever female leader. In 1999 she became Germany’s youngest bishop.
On 20th February 2010 she drove a VW belonging to her church past a red light in Hanover’s city centre while her blood alcohol level being 3 times over the legal limit.
She has admitted drink driving.
If previously she’d have no problems getting cheap auto insurance quotes from sites like www.carinsurancelist.com, that’s all in the past now.
She told a local paper:
I am shocked at myself that I could have made such a grave error.
She has been controversial for some time, being Germany’s first bishop to divorce 2 years ago. She was married to her husband for 26 years. She has 4 daughters.
Source
The BBC, 23 Feb 2010
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