Complex sentence: While other bishops had been charged with directly perpetrating abuse, Finn was the first U.S. bishop to be charged in his role as a supervisor of priests, the first criminal case against a sitting bishop in the child sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church.
Split into simpler sentences: While other bishops have been charged with directly perpetrating abuse, Finn is the first U.S. bishop to be criminally charged in his role as a supervisor of priests. The case is also the first criminal case against a sitting bishop in the child sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church.