Missouri Kansas city (ap)-Kansas city's Catholic bishop has become the highest ranked the American Catholic officials failed to protect children fee after been indicted, he and his parish waiting here for the five months told hundreds of child pornography pictures, police found the priests computer, government officials said Friday.
Criminal responsibility and responsible for cover a priest abuse the first American bishops, bishop Robert Finland, and Kansas city st. Joseph Catholic parish in a has admitted that a not report suspected child abuse pleaded not guilty.
Jackson county prosecutors let-Peters said baker, Finland and parish need according to the laws of the state, to the police report found that, because images to they have reason to believe that a child, have been misused.
"Now, the grand jury investigation, prosecution in this, my office will vigorously carry out this situation," baker said. "I want to, to ensure the future of the fault report have caused by other unsuspecting victims."
October 6,, but survived the indictment, seal, because the Finn is out of the country, and the bishop said the report, from the failure on December 16, 2010, picture when, to be found on May 11, 2011, to god the father of doubt, when parish they go to the police.
Finland on Friday, in a statement denied that any improper behavior, and that he has already started to work, and maintenance of the parish report policy and action to the practice of the main results of the survey commissioned parish.
"Today, Jackson county prosecutor issued these fees, personal for me and for the Kansas city st. Joseph parish, said:" Finland, the world health officials said, not arrested. "As far as we are concerned, we will meet these announcements and stability of the determination and active defense."
If found guilty to misdemeanor, Finland faced a maximum penalty a year in prison and a $1000 fine. Parish also faces a $1000 fine.
In the Catholic sex abuse scandal broke out in 2002, and in a few areas of the grand jury review of how to deal with the bishop to the priests claim. However, most of the accused are decades of history, far beyond the prosecution limitation.
Finland be charged, not until the Catholic bishops from criminal prosecution, he is how to respond to the abuse, though some bishops and local authorities, in order to avoid the agreement to their parish prosecution.
A in Philadelphia, bishop William Lynn, archbishop of clergy (former chief was charged in February and the harm of children. A grand jury has issued a report, maintain some credible charges accused clergy in the work of the church, where they contact with children (archbishop. Elim pleaded not guilty.
Kansas city in Philadelphia in the report of the grand jury about how to pay close attention to the discipline of the following countries other parish policy in 2002 by American bishops. Church leaders promised to delete all the credible charges from the work of the church clergy.
The U.S. Catholic bishops' college in child protection officials insist parish meeting has taken quick action abuse cases, mistakes have not saw.
Terry BishopAccountability. Org, the management of public database records of clergy abuse cases, malkiel south called on Friday indictment is particularly important, because it involves a recent case. He said, make it less responsible for misdemeanor significantly.
"Against admitted that the bishop is responsible for, in these problems by taboo challenges," malkiel south said.
Finland admitted earlier this year, a parish mainly puts forward in May 2010, Sean Ratigan pastor not appropriate behavior in children around, but he didn't read on, until this spring in the main body of the written report.
Ratigan was charged in May and three national child pornography charges, and in June 13 production, have and trying to create child pornography charges of federal. He pleaded not guilty, still was sentenced to life in prison.
Robert murphy, bishop of the parish vice bishop usually, accept the main problem in 2010, after speaking with Ratigan on children of setting boundaries. And then, he gave the attention and Finland and the meeting his oral summary.
Finally, a computer technician found what he called the "worrisome" images of children, most of them completely focus on crotch area well-fed, and a series of pictures of the notebook computer Ratigan 2-3 month this year, hundreds of old girl and her genitals exposed.
Parish officials at the photos of the report, murphy, who did not report to the authorities, the so-called a police captain, who is an independent review of the parish council members, and describes a naked child take a picture, that is not essential.
And don't view photos, the captain said, he is told, though this photograph may meet the definition of child pornography, it may not investigation or prosecution. Until this year in May, murphy told the police Ratigan laptop computer contains hundreds of photo.
The priest abuse survivors network director David Clohessy, country, the proposal on Friday, the other people be collected and Finland.
"Charge only Finland will allow some assumptions of the root of the crisis, he said, Clohessy." "He's not, if Finland's death, tomorrow is will have a very unhealthy in Kansas city, the secret of the church hierarchy, this is a bigger problem."




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