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By DeAnn Smith, Digital Content Manager
KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) –
According to a top American cardinal, Pope Francis needs to take quick action against Kansas City’s bishop for failing to report a pedophile priest.
Cardinal Sean O’Malley, the archbishop of Boston, spoke to 60 Minutes’ Norah O’Donnell for an interview airing after NFL football on Sunday.
O’Malley is the head of the church’s new commission formed to combat child abuse within the Catholic Church worldwide. He said there must be accountability when it comes to bishops who fail to protect children in his diocese.
In May, Pope Francis revealed that three bishops were under investigation for their roles in child abuse sex scandals. It was revealed in September that Kansas Bishop Robert Finn is one of those three.
Finn was found guilty of failing to report to state authorities a priest who took pornographic pictures of little girls and pulled down their clothing to expose their private parts. Finn apologized in 2012 and was placed on two years probation for the misdemeanor conviction.
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