on the Diaconate. Finn served as pastor of Our Holy Redeemer Parish in Webster Groves, Missouri, prior to being appointed the coadjutor bishop of Kansas City. Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph On May 3, 2004, Finn was named by John Paul II as coadjutor bishop (with right of succession) of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph. Finn was consecrated by Cardinal Raymond Burke at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City. He also became a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus. On May 24, 2005, the Vatican accepted Bishop Raymond Boland's request for retirement. As coadjutor, Finn automatically succeeded Boland as sixth bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. Finn became a member of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross, which is linked to the Catholic personal prelature Opus Dei. In an interview with the Catholic Key, Finn told of how Opus Dei had helped open his heart to the work of the Holy Spirit. Upon his arrival in the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph in 2005, Finn said that vocations to the priesthood and religious life would be seen as a 'super-priority' for his diocese. Under his guidance, the diocese continued to pour considerable spiritual, human, and financial resources into efforts to encourage vocations. Before Finn's arrival, in the 2003/2004 seminary school year, the diocese reported having nine seminarians. For 2007/2008, the diocese reported that there were 24 men studying for diocesan priesthood. In March 2006, Finn invited to his diocese a small order of Benedictine nuns, now titled Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles. The entire order moved from its place of founding, Scranton, Pennsylvania. . , Finn served on the Administrative and the Priorities and Plans Committees for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and had been chairman of the Bishop's "Task Force on the Life and Dignity of the Human Person". Apology for lack of intervention In May 2011, Finn apologized for his failure to act in a more timely manner in the case of a priest accused of engaging in inappropriate behavior with children. Finn told reporters that he failed to read a letter sent to the diocese a year earlier (May 2010) by a Catholic elementary school principal who was reporting numerous instances of inappropriate behavior. Finn's admission came five months after the diocese discovered inappropriate pictures of children on the Reverend Shawn Francis Ratigan's computer, and