Group fighting sexual abuse says Bishop Finn may survive scandal, KMBZ (November 18, 2014)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - He heads a group fighting sexual abuse in the Catholic church and is cautiously optimistic the Vatican will act sooner than later.

The Kansas City-St Joseph Diocese was referenced in a segment on "60 Minutes" this past Sunday. Bishop Robert Finn has remained in service, despite repeated calls for him to step down.

David Clohessy, national director for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), says after the program he had a flood of calls from Catholics here and other areas encouraged that the Pontiff will remove Finn, but he says even that wouldn't be a cure all.

"Even if Finn is removed, that's no tremendous sign of progress because there are literally hundreds of Catholic officials around the world still on the job, who have done what Finn did, and not been criminally convicted," said Clohessy.

Finn was criminally convicted in 2012 of failure to report suspected child abuse in the Shawn Ratigan case. Ratigan is serving 50 years in federal prison on a child pornography conviction.