VATICAN CITY
CNN
By Greg Botelho, CNN
(CNN) Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Robert Finn, who led the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri, and was convicted of failure to report suspected child abuse in 2012, the Vatican said in a statement Tuesday.
At the time of his conviction, Finn was the highest-ranking Catholic official to be convicted during the church’s long sexual abuse scandal.
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