Tuesday, April 21, 2015

US Bishop Guilty of Sex Abuse Coverup Resigns; Quitting Backs Pope's Zero Tolerance for Abuse

The Vatican today (April 21, 2015) announced the resignation of a Kansas City, Missouri bishop who was convicted of a sex abuse coverup but remained in office for three more years, according to the Washington Post website.

Bishop Robert Finn's resignation will be seen as a key achievement for Pope Francis, who has said his papacy would have a zero tolerance for abuse in the church.

"It has been an honor and a joy for me to serve here among so many good people of faith," Finn, 62, said in an emailed statement from the diocese.

Finn was the only U.S. bishop to be criminally convicted in an abuse coverup. He received two years of probation in 2012 for not telling authorities after a computer technician found hundreds of images of child pornography on a priest's laptop and told Finn.

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