KANSAS CITY — The charge is only a misdemeanor, but if prosecutors are able to win a conviction against Kansas City Roman Catholic Bishop Robert Finn, they could be opening up a whole new front in the national priest abuse crisis.
Precedent may be set in case against Missouri bishop
Sunday, March 25, 2012 | 4:05 p.m. CDT;
updated 7:39 a.m. CDT, Monday, March 26, 2012
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