Yet another Bishop Finn and Catholic Church apologist and enabler

I was disappointed yet again, reading yesterday's Kansas City Star. I shouldn't be surprised but there it was, yet another person trying to stand up for Bishop Finn, at least, if not the Catholic Church, too, in another of its sexual scandals on children. It seems one Mark Morris wrote that once, in the past, "clerics of the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph once investigated a child abuse allegation with the zeal and vigor that was missing from its listless management of Ratigan..." and that it was led by this same Bishop Finn, you find out at the end of his column. Well, yeehaw. Circle the horses. Once he did right, in the past. The fact is, in this case--the case of Ratigan--he and his office, given the timeline of the case, decidedly didn't report him or his possible transgressions and get to the police. Okay, Mr. Morris, done. We give Bishop Finn credit for one time--at least that one time, doing the right thing. That was then. Now, we have to contend with the fact that Ratigan (because I don't want to call him "Father") went unreported to the police and that, frankly, is against our laws. We all understand that, right? Links: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/27/3233761/history-shows-diocese-can-get.html; http://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/23/3225250/clergy-must-not-ignore-laws-intended.html