MISSOURI
Berger’s Beat
. .Today’s New York Times reports that a Catholic priest, nun and a small number of Kansas City parishioners are formally appealing to Pope Francis to discipline Bishop Robert Finn, who hails from our town. Later this year, Finn’s two-year probation will end. He was convicted in 2012 of failing to report child sex crimes by Fr. Shawn Ratigan to police.
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