NORA O’DONNELL (“60 MINUTES”) ON FR. ROBERT FINN

Berger's Beat
November 15, 2014

TIM FITCH, RICHARD STIKA, JOE DENNEHYbergersbeat.com

...Archbishop Robert Carlson will hold healing service for abuse victims on Nov. 19 at St. Raphael the Archangel Church on Jamieson. Ironically, at lest four accused priests worked there: Frs. Michael Campbell; Alex Anderson; Joseph Monahan and James Patrick Grady.

“I wanna ask you about Robert Finn, the bishop of Kansas City.” That’s what Nora O’Donnell of “60 Minutes” says to Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley. Finn is a St. Louis native who remains in office despite having been convicted of hiding evidence of a pedophile priest from police. Finn “wouldn’t be able to teach Sunday school” in the church with that record, she notes. “How is that zero tolerance? What does that message send to Catholics?” “It’s a question the Holy See needs to address urgently. There’s a recognition (of that) by Pope Francis,” O’Malley says. The prelate also addresses the Vatican’s clumsy crack-down on U.S. nuns. The full interview airs tomorrow (Sunday).