Finn found guilty

KANSAS CITY (MO)
KMBC

Bishop Robert Finn has been found guilty of 1 misdemeanor count of failure to report suspected child abuse in Jackson County Court Thursday afternoon.

Finn, speaking to the court this afternoon, apologized.

He is the first sitting US Bishop to be criminally charged in the child sex abuse scandal that’s rocked the Catholic Church for decades.

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