KANSAS CITY (MO)
Newsmax
Friday, 14 Nov 2014
By Drew MacKenzie
Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley has called on Pope Francis to “urgently address” the fact that an American bishop heads a Catholic diocese even though he’s been convicted of shielding a pedophile priest.
In an interview on “60 Minutes” to be broadcast this Sunday, O’Malley told correspondent Norah O’Donnell that the Vatican must deal with the leadership problem surrounding Bishop Robert Finn of the Kansas City, Missouri, diocese.
“It’s a question the Holy See needs to address urgently,” said O’Malley. “There’s a recognition of that from Pope Francis.”
Citing the Catholic Church’s stated “zero tolerance” policy on sex abuse, O’Donnell told O’Malley that Finn “wouldn’t be allowed to teach Sunday school in Boston.”
“That’s right,” said O’Malley, the archbishop of Boston, replied during the rare extended interview on the CBS show.
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