CANADA
Catholic Register
BY DEBORAH GYAPONG, CANADIAN CATHOLIC NEWS
October 1, 2014
OTTAWA – Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast was sent by the Vatican to investigate the bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph, according to published reports.
A report in the National Catholic Reporter (NCR) said that Prendergast interviewed several people in the Missouri diocese regarding the leadership of Bishop Robert Finn. Finn had previously been found criminally guilty of shielding a priest in a case involving child pornography.
The Ottawa archdiocese said Prendergast would have no comment on the matter.
“The archbishop considers it a private visit, so we have no comment,” said Ottawa archdiocesan communications director Sarah Du Broy in an email.
NCR reported Prendergast interviewed “more than a dozen people” about the leadership of Finn. In 2012 Finn was found guilty of a misdemeanour for failing to report former priest Shawn Ratigan, who pleaded guilty to child pornography charges earlier that year.
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