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The Associated Press has confirmed that St. Louis native Greg Burke is leaving his Fox News post to help the Vatican with public relations. He’ll work with Rev. Federico Lombardi, who runs the Holy See’s press office and papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Vallis, who, like Burke, is a member of Opus Dei. . .
With a top Philadelphia Catholic official having been found guilty of endangering children, attention turns to the case against St. Louis native Robert Finn, now bishop of the Kansas City diocese. It’s set for trial in September and revolves around the same basic claim: that known and suspected child sex crimes were hidden by church staff. Finn should be worried, says SNAP’s Barbara Dorris. “The Philly case involved older and more complex evidence, and layers of church bureaucracy,” she explained. “The Finn case involves more recent and clear cut wrongdoing in a smaller diocese with fewer underlings who can be scapegoated”. .
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