Critics Call On K.C. Bishop To Quit

KANSAS CITY (MO)
CBS St. Louis

Calls for Kansas City Bishop Robert Finn’s resignation are increasing.

He’s become the highest-ranking U.S. church official to be convicted of a crime related to the child sex abuse scandal.

Soon after a Missouri judge found Bishop Finn guilty Thursday of one misdemeanor count of failing to report suspected child sex abuse, unhappy Roman Catholics began discussing ways to get the bishop out of office on a Facebook page titled “Bishop Finn Must Go.”

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