KANSAS CITY (MO)
Newsmax
Monday, 29 Sep 2014
By Cathy Burke
The Vatican has sent a church official to Kansas City to examine the leadership of Roman Catholic Bishop Robert Finn, who in 2012 became the first prelate convicted of shielding a pedophile priest.
Ottawa, Ontario, Archbishop Terrence Prendergast visited the diocese last week, interviewing more than a dozen people about Finn’s leadership, according to the National Catholic Reporter, which first posted an account Monday on the Vatican-ordered probe.
The archbishop’s main question was: “Do you think [Finn)] is fit to be a leader?” according to the report.
But one pastor who met with Prendergast told the Kansas City Star he didn’t recall the question being that “bold.”
“His visit suggested a concern,” the pastor, Patrick Rush, told the Star. “This is not a routine procedure for the Vatican.”
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