The head of the Lutheran Church in Germany, Margot Kaessmann, resigned today (February 24, 2010), as a result of being pulled over for drunk driving last Saturday night, the Deutsche Welle website reports today.
Her resignation as head of Germany's Protestants and Hanover's bishop is effective immediately, but she will remain a pastor in the local Hanover church.
Police had stopped the 51-year-old for running a red light in Hanover. A test showed her blood alcohol level to be 0.154 percent -- three times the legal limit for driving in Germany -- prosecutors said.
"I am shocked at myself for committing such a grievous error," Kaessmann told Bild newspaper.
Kaesssmann, who is divorced, was elected in October 2009 to be the first woman to head the Protestant Church in Germany, which unites some 25 million Protestant Christians.
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