LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Roman Catholic bishop who was convicted in Missouri of not reporting suspected child abuse has become chaplain at a convent in Nebraska.
Bishop Emeritus Robert Finn is spiritual adviser to the nuns at the School Sisters of Christ the King convent in Lincoln.
Finn was found guilty in 2012 of one misdemeanor count of failure to report suspected abuse and was given two years' probation, making him the highest-ranking church official in the U.S. to be convicted of taking no action over abuse allegations.
Lincoln Diocese spokesman J.D. Flynn said Friday the 62-year-old Finn resigned as bishop for the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese in Missouri but retains the religious title of bishop emeritus.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports (http://bit.ly/1Q3g2CL) that Finn succeeds Monsignor Myron Pleskac, who died Jan. 2.