KANSAS CITY (MO)
The Kansas City Star
Yael T. Abouhalkah
The conviction of the highest ranking Catholic official in the Kansas City area Thursday is not a cause for any rejoicing. At all.
Bishop Robert Finn got off with a slap on the wrist – even after being found guilty of one count of failing to report suspicions of child abuse.
And the children he was expected – no, demanded – to protect can only watch the bishop walk away with two years of probation.
The legal system tried but ultimately failed to send the message that it would work aggressively to protect children from this outrage.
Jackson County Circuit Court Judge John Torrence actually suspended the probation sentence.
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