KANSAS CITY (MO)
KSHB
[with video]
Amy Hawley
Pope Francis asked Archbishop Joseph Naumann to be in charge of the Kansas City-St. Joseph diocese until a new bishop is named.
FULL INTERVIEW | Watch the entire 18-minute, sit-down interview with Archbishop Naumann here
Many called last week’s move by the Vatican a historic moment. For the first time, the Vatican held a bishop accountable for poorly handling a case of a priest’s child abuse.
In 2012, a judge convicted Bishop Robert Finn of failing to report suspected child abuse .
The public pressured the church for Finn’s resignation and last Tuesday, Pope Francis accepted it .
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