KANSAS CITY (MO)
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
Posted by David Clohessy on November 09, 2012
A support group for clergy sex abuse victims is urging controversial Kansas City Bishop Robert Finn to stay home next week and “show contrition” – for acting “recklessly, callously and deceitfully” in clergy sex abuse cases – by skipping the annual meeting of America’s Catholic bishops.
Leaders of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, are writing Finn and urging him to withdraw from the meeting of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops” in order to show remorse for the way he has mishandled clergy abuse in his diocese of Kansas City.
Last month, Finn became the first American bishop to be convicted of child endangerment, and has, SNAP maintains, repeatedly acted slowly and improperly in cases involving child sex abuse. The most recent and well-known example of Finn’s wrongdoing is the Fr. Shawn Ratigan case, in which he withheld evidence from police for over five months that showed Fr. Ratigan both had and created child pornography. Finn kept secret about that information and refused to protect kids from Fr. Ratigan despite a detailed report about Fr. Ratigan’s suspicious and inappropriate behavior from school officials and parents who worked with him.
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