A US diocese notorious for its past handling of clergy sexual abuse has held a Service of Lament. The special liturgy of penitence took place at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City on June 26. The previous bishop of Kansas City-St Joseph, Bishop Robert Finn, was sentenced to two years probation after Read more
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the only American bishop to have been convicted of failing to report suspected child abuse. On Tuesday, the Vatican announced the resignation of Bishop Robert Finn of the diocese of St Joseph-Kansas City in Missouri. The announcement cited canon law that a bishop who “has become less able Read more
Catholics in Kansas City are formally asking Pope Francis to conduct a canonical review of Bishop Robert Finn saying the church’s lack of response to his misdemeanour conviction has caused further spiritual harm to the diocese. “Civil law has done what civil law can do. The church has done nothing in terms of calling Bishop Read more
Bishop of Kansas City, Robert Finn, convicted of a misdemeanour charge for failing to report suspected child abuse, must either resign or be removed, according to an editorial in NCR. NCR says that if Finn were a layperson he would not be allowed to volunteer at a Kansas City parish, teach a religious education class Read more
The Kansas City Bishop has been indicted for failure to report suspected child abuse, the first time in the 25-year history of the church’s sex abuse scandals that the leader of an American diocese has been held criminally liable for the behavior of a priest he supervised. The indictment of the bishop, Robert W. Finn, Read more