KANSAS CITY (MO)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Kansas City Catholics call for the removal of bishop who knew about pedophile priest

By Lilly Fowler lfowler@post-dispatch.com 314-340-82210

The New York Times is reporting on a group of Roman Catholics in Kansas City that are calling on Pope Francis to discipline Bishop Robert W. Finn. As NYT reporter Laurie Goodstein explains, Finn was convicted of failing to report a pedophile priest in 2012.

Apparently, the Catholic Church still has no policy about what to do about bishops who fail to report suspected abuse to civil authorities.

Finn knew that Rev. Shawn Ratigan kept hundreds of pornographic pictures of young girls – some toddler age — on his laptop, yet failed to let authorities know. While Finn was only given a two-year probation, Ratigan was sentenced to 50 years in prison.