More People Calling for Bishop Finn to Step down

The Kmbz
December 4, 2012

www.kmbz.com/More-people-calling-for-Bishop-Finn-to-step-down/14940572


A child protection group says it still wants Bishop Robert Finn to go. SNAP weighed in on a report showing as many 16 of the 70 active priests in the Kansas City/St. Joseph Diocese have doubts as to whether Finn should continue to serve.

In September, he became the first sitting U.S. bishop convicted of failing to report a pedophile priest. SNAP has issued a call for all priests opposing Bishop Finn step forward, but it's spokesperson Barbara Dorris doesn't expect a big push.

"The feeling can be out there that if I say anything I'm going to end up in some God-forsaken perish out in the middle of nowhere, where no one will speak to me, but when it comes to the safety of kids, we have to make that sacrifice," says Dorris.

She says SNAP urges parishioners to speak out as well. An online petition calling for Finn's removal has gathered over 100,000 signatures.