Cardinal Has Mental Reservation about Policy on Accused Bishops

Kansas City Business Journal
November 21, 2014

http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/blog/morning_call/2014/11/cardinal-has-mental-reservation-about-policy.html

Several days after his "60 Minutes" broadcast, the head of the Vatican's commission to fight clerical abuse backed off comments about accountability for bishops accused of covering up sexual abuse, The Associated Press reports.

Cardinal Sean O'Malley said "protocols" are needed to avoid "crowd-based condemnations," the AP reports. Bishops "also deserve due process" that will result in a fair hearing.

Bishop Robert Finn, who leads the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, was convicted of a misdemeanor failure to report suspicions of child abuse. He failed to report a priest who later pleaded guilty to producing child pornography.