US Bishop Charged for Not Bringing Porn to Police
By BILL DRAPER
KANSAS CITY, Mo.
October 15, 2011
The first U.S. bishop criminally charged with sheltering an abusive clergyman has been indicted on a charge of failing to protect children after he and his diocese waited five months to tell police about hundreds of images of child pornography discovered on a priest's computer, authorities said.
Bishop Robert Finn and the Kansas City-St. Joseph Catholic Diocese have pleaded not guilty on one count each of failing to report suspected child abuse, officials said Friday.
Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said Finn and the diocese were required under state law to report the discovery to police because the images gave them reason to believe a child had been abused. the rest
posted by Pat Dague @ 8:48 AM
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Of the 19 US Bishops accused of actual coverup and/or abuse, this is said to be the first indictment.
Only Bishop Lahey in Nova Scotia has been prosecuted and sentenced for child porn possession and distribution/marketing. Lahey was caught coming back into Canada because an agent noticed on his passport he had traveled to a country known for child sex trafficking. Archbishop Favalora in the Archdiocese of Miami had a regular homosexual priest harem and even had a sex enhancement drug business. Lahey and Favalora are no more bishops than John Spong, Hugh Hefner or Lady GaGa.
This is a very significant post indeed.
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