indicted on criminal charges<\/a> for failing to report a priest found to have pornographic photos of children, including children of his congregants. The priest is accused of having taken more such photographs in the months before church leaders turned them over to law enforcement.<\/p>\nFather Hoye, after reaching out to priests in neighboring parishes \u2014 all of whom expressed the same uncertainty \u2014 decided not to address the matter directly from the pulpit but to offer a homily on man and God that emphasized forgiveness.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost people are savvy enough to understand what I\u2019m saying without having to actually say it,\u201d he explained between morning services at St. Patrick\u2019s. \u201cIt\u2019s a polarizing subject and not everyone is in the same place.\u201d<\/p>\n
The announcement on Friday that Bishop Finn, of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, had become the highest ranking member of the clergy to be charged with a crime stemming from the sex abuse scandals that have engulfed the church has caused disappointment and anger in the Catholic community here.<\/p>\n
Nowhere is that more true than at St. Patrick\u2019s, where the former pastor, the Rev. Shawn Ratigan, was once well-regarded for his easy manner, fondness for children and the camera that he always brought to events at the church and the parish elementary school.<\/p>\n
As parishioners streamed into the brightly lighted sanctuary for morning Mass \u2014 elderly couples and young families, a diverse group that included white, black, Asian and Hispanic \u2014 they mostly avoided mention of the latest development in what has been a long, painful story.<\/p>\n
They were here to worship God, several said, not to lament the failings of the humans who served him, and as far as they were concerned this Sunday was like any other. Father Hoye said not a single parishioner had brought up the subject with him.<\/p>\n
But after the readings and the hymns, the silent prayers and the words of wisdom from Father Hoye, some privately expressed their dismay at the church leadership.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously we\u2019re not O.K. with this and we don\u2019t like the way it was handled,\u201d said Jason Krysl, standing with his wife, a teacher at a Catholic school, who was holding their 7-month-old son. \u201cBut it\u2019s frustrating because there\u2019s not much you can do about it. It\u2019s not like you can vote for bishop.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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