KANSAS CITY (MO)
KMBC
[with video]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —A group of activists is calling on Pope Francis to take action against Kansas City Bishop Robert Finn over his role in the sex abuse scandal in Kansas City’s Catholic Church.
Finn was convicted on a misdemeanor count of not immediately reporting a priest who was accused in a child pornography case. That priest, Shawn Ratigan, is now serving 50 years in prison for having sexually graphic pictures of young girls on his computer.
Finn’s critics gathered outside the local Catholic headquarters Monday.
James McConnell said he was about to become a deacon, but went to Finn to tell him that he could not serve under him.
“I told him I could not go before him and promise respect and obedience as required for ordination,” he said.
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