article_snippet.sent: Pope Francis has accepted the resignation  of an American bishop who pleaded guilty to failing to report a priest who was a suspected child abuser.
article_snippet.sent: Bishop Robert Finn, 62, offered the resignation  of an American bishop who pleaded guilty to failing to report a priest who was a suspected child abuser under the code of canon law that allows bishops to resign early for illness or some 'grave' reason that makes bishops unfit for office.
article_snippet.sent: Pope Francis has accepted the resignation  of an American bishop who pleaded guilty to failing to report a priest who was a suspected child abuser .
article_snippet.sent: Since then, Bishop Robert Finn  has faced constant pressure from local Roman Catholics to step down, with some parishioners petitioning Francis to remove Francis from the diocese.
article_snippet.sent: Despite a catalog of child sex cases within the catholic church, so far, no the U.S. bishop has been forcibly removed for covering up guilty clergy.
article_snippet.sent: Finn's resignation was has called on Francis to publicly state that Francis was removed for mismanaging the Ratigan case and failing to protect children.
article_snippet.sent: Finn's resignation was noted that bishops had been allowed to resign under the previous two popes, but that the Vatican has never publicly linked bishops resignations to mishandling abuse cases. '
article_snippet.sent: David Clohessy, a spokesman for SNAP said: 'After centuries of abuse and cover-up done in secrecy ... Pope Francis has finally seen fit to oust one bishop for complicity in clergy sex crimes.