PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley has resigned over his handling of the remains of the 1985 MOVE bombing victims, according to the city.Mayor Jim Kenney announced of the resignation of Farley Thursday after he says the former health commissioner disclosed that several years ago he learned of remains found by the Medical Examiner’s Office that belonged to victims of the MOVE bombing.
Instead of fully identifying those remains and returning them to the family, he made a decision to cremate and dispose of them."I wanted to ensure that the Africa family learned of this incident directly from me, and before the general public.