KANSAS CITY (MO)
KCUR
By Frank Morris
UPDATE at 3:30 pm: Bishop Robert Finn: Guilty on one of two counts.
On Thursday afternoon, Judge John Torrence convicted Finn on one misdemeanor count of failing to report suspicions of child abuse. He was acquitted on another count.
The highest ranking U.S. Catholic Church official ever to face criminal charges related to child sexual abuse is set to go to trial on Thursday in Jackson County Circuit Court.
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