NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A retired Episcopal bishop from Los Angeles has been appointed interim head of the troubled Berkeley Divinity School at Yale.
The Rt. Rev. Frederick Borsch, 66, began at Berkeley this week and will remain until a dean is named. Borsch will not be a candidate for the permanent job, according to Christian Sonne, chairman of the school's board of trustees.
Borsch replaces Ralph William Franklin, who left the school in December to work for the Episcopal Diocese of New York after auditors questioned his management of the school's finances.
Auditors accused Franklin of using the school's money for personal expenses. They also said the school lacked the proper internal controls over finances.
The Berkeley board insisted Franklin had done nothing wrong.
Borsch has no previous affiliation with Berkeley or Yale.
He received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University, earned a master's at the University of Oxford and a doctorate at the University of Birmingham. A specialist in the New Testament, he has written several books, including "Jesus: The Human Life of God."
Borsch was a professor and dean of chapel and religious life in the 1980s at Princeton and was elected bishop in Los Angeles in 1988. He retired from that post on Jan. 31.
"I can think of no person better equipped to lead Berkeley during this time of transition," Sonne said.
Last month, Yale and Berkeley agreed to continue their affiliation, which began in 1971.