KANSAS CITY (MO)
KSHB
Steve Kaut
A diocese press statement about 5:45 a.m. Tuesday stated Pope Francis accepted Finn’s resignation.
Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas will serve as interim leader of the diocese until a new bishop is selected.
Finn has been under scrutiny for several years after being convicted in 2012 in Jackson County Court of one misdemeanor count of failing to report suspected child abuse.
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