KANSAS CITY (MO)
Courthouse News Service
By JOE HARRIS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CN) – Bishop Robert Finn on Thursday became the highest-ranking Catholic official convicted of protecting a pedophile priest: he was found guilty of failing to report suspected child abuse, a misdemeanor.
Finn was acquitted of a second count of failing to report, in Jackson County Court.
Finn, bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City, was sentenced to 2 years probation, suspended.
He also was ordered to receive training on reporting abuse.
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