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After Friday\u2019s column, in which Kansas City\u2019s Bishop Robert Finn<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>accused it of undermining church teaching,\u00a0the National Catholic Reporter posted a response<\/a><\/strong> on its website Sunday:<\/p>\n

Finn seems to \u00a0imply\u00a0NCR<\/em>\u00a0has had bad relations with its local bishops since 1968. This has not been the case. \u00a0Bishop Helmsing\u2019s successors \u2013 Bishop John Sullivan and Bishop Raymond Boland \u2013 had cordial relations with NCR. Once Boland came to our Kansas City office and blessed our building as we consulted with him about use of new emerging media technologies.\u00a0 Later Boland spoke at NCR\u2019s 40th anniversary ceremony in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

In an email former\u00a0NCR<\/em>\u00a0Publisher Sister of Saint Anne Rita Larivee, who was publisher at the time of Finn\u2019s early years as diocesan bishop, remembers having respectful meetings with Finn. She wrote:<\/p>\n

I personally visited with him in is office to welcome him to the diocese. \u00a0We had a fine conversation. \u00a0But during his first year, he made many significant changes within the diocese that caused many concerns for various groups. \u00a0Because of these shifts in previous policies,NCR\u00a0wrote a story about this period of transition \u2013 Dennis Cody (now NCR Editor) wrote the story. Again, I visited with Bishop Finn in his office to assure him that this was a story about the changes that had taken place, as\u00a0NCR\u00a0does with other diocese, but that it was not an article about him personally. \u00a0\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Throughout my time at NCR, Bishop Finn was assured of direct access to me and I remember always responding immediately to any of his concerns. \u00a0We always had a very cordial relationship. \u00a0We agreed on the role of journalism and the accountability of institutions.<\/em><\/p>\n

NCR<\/em>\u00a0is proud to call itself a Catholic publication. We report and comment on church matters including official teachings. We also report and comment on those who call into question some of these official teachings. Meanwhile, we belong to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops\u2019 sanctioned Catholic Press Association. CPA judges have repeatedly cited us with awards for our coverage of the church.<\/p>\n

As\u00a0NCR<\/em>\u00a0Editor-at-Large (and former\u00a0NCR<\/em>\u00a0Editor) Tom Roberts recently wrote: \u201cNCR<\/em>\u2018s bona fides rests on its nearly 50 years of professional journalism in service to the church \u2026 That both hierarchy and laity would find us, variously, a boon to faith and an annoyance, is to us a certain confirmation that we are fulfilling our intent to report the activity of the church as widely and deeply as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a local \u00a0judge found Finn guilty last year of failing to report suspected child abuse involving a local priest NCR published an editorial calling on Finn to either resign or be removed from his position. NCR and other local news outlets, including the\u00a0<\/em><\/a>Kansas City Sta<\/a><\/em>r provided ongoing coverage of the incident.<\/p>\n

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