KANSAS CITY — Kansas City's Catholic bishop has become the highest-ranking U.S. Catholic official 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, officials said Friday.
UPDATE: Kansas City bishop insists innocence on charges of not reporting abuse
Friday, October 14, 2011 | 8:57 p.m. CDT
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