<br/>The Bishop of Hamburg—world's first female Lutheran Bishop—has resigned amid criticism of her handling of a sex abuse case. <br/> <br/>Elected Bishop in 1992, Maria Jepsen stepped down saying her credibility had been contested. She denies having known before May this year about a priest in the town of Ahrensburg, who reportedly sexually abused boys and girls in the 1980s. <br/> <br/>Several cases of Germany form part of sex abuse scandals that have hit the Roman Catholic Church recently. <br/>