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Diocese Releases Ombudsman Report on Child Sex Abuse Allegations

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Fox 4 News Kansas City Posted on: 9:44 pm, August 9, 2012 by Jason M. Vaughn and Macradee Aegerter KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The ombudsman appointed by the Kansas City-St. Joseph Catholic Diocese in the fallout of a priest abuse … Continue reading

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KC priest pleads guilty to child porn charges

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The San Francisco Chronicle Updated 02:49 p.m., Thursday, August 2, 2012 BILL DRAPER, Associated Press  FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Clay County, Mo., Detention Center shows Rev. Shawn Francis Ratigan. A lawyer for Ratigan said the … Continue reading

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KC priest expected to plead guilty in child porn case

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His fight against federal charges seems to be ending, just weeks before scheduled trial. The Kansas City Star 01 August 2012 By TONY RIZZO, JUDY L. THOMAS and GLENN E. RICE The Rev. Shawn Ratigan is expected to plead guilty … Continue reading

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Priest at center of Kansas City sex abuse cases expected to plead guilty

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National Catholic Reporter Aug. 01, 2012 By Joshua J. McElwee KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The priest whose arrest for possession of child pornography led to the first criminal charges against a Catholic bishop in the church’s decades-long clergy sex abuse … Continue reading

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Diocese ordered to give Jackson County prosecutors documents related to priest misconduct

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The Kansas City Star 28 June 2012 By TONY RIZZO The Kansas City Star Bishop Robert Finn Local Catholic officials must hand over information about past priest abuse investigations to Jackson County prosecutors, according to a judge overseeing the current … Continue reading

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The calling leads priest to Ratigan’s prison

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The Kansas City Star 10 June 2012 By MARY SANCHEZ The Kansas City Star Fred Blocher The Rev. Chuck Tobin, seen here during a Hispanic Mass last year at St. Sabina Catholic Church in Belton, has visited the Rev. Shawn … Continue reading

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Lawyer seeks delay in priest’s child porn trial in KC

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The Kansas City Star 16 May 2012 By MARK MORRIS The Kansas City Star A lawyer representing a Catholic priest charged with producing child pornography asked a Kansas City federal judge on Wednesday to delay the trial until August. If … Continue reading

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New charge sought against KC bishop, diocese

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BND.com (serving Soutwestern Illinois and the St. Louis region) 08 May 2012 The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri prosecutors have asked a judge to add a second misdemeanor charge against a Kansas City diocese and its bishop, who … Continue reading

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Kansas City abuse case decision expected to center on ‘mandated reporter’ statute

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Lawyers argue bishop not responsible in priest’s case Apr. 03, 2012 By Joshua J. McElwee Bishop Robert W. Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., is seen concelebrating Mass March 12 with other bishops from Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri at … Continue reading

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Missouri judge hears motions in case against bishop

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The Morning Sentinel (Maine) 28 March 2012 BY BILL DRAPER, Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Jackson County judge said Tuesday he hopes to rule on motions by the end of next week in a misdemeanor case involving the … Continue reading

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