Analysis: 5 lessons from resignation of convicted U.S. bishop
When Pope Francis
accepted the resignation Tuesday of Missouri Bishop Robert Finn, who
was convicted three years ago for failing to report a priest suspected
of child abuse, he sent a powerful message to the Catholic Church. Finn
had a reputation as one of the church's most conservative voices. The
Vatican's announcement marks an end to one of the ugliest chapters in
the church's child sex abuse scandal. Here are five takeaways from the resignation:
