This was a long time coming and is a welcome relief - The Pope has accepted the resignation of Bishop Finn of Kansas City.
I've decided to turn comments off on this post. I really don't want to read indignant Catholics who think this was the result of a liberal conspiracy against poor, persecuted, "conservative" Finn. Read my two dozen or so posts about the situation, or go straight to the source and read the Graves Report, the independent investigation into how Finn covered up for and enabled the sexual abuse of children in his diocese. Step away from the right / left factional split for a while and simply look at the facts. Finn should have been removed long ago.
I suspect Bishop Barros in Chile will be asked to resign as well if the situation there continues to fester.
It is perhaps naive to hope that our bishops can be good, holy Christians. It is, however, incumbent upon us to demand that they be decent, trustworthy human beings.
Sadly, most of them are not.
