Kc Diocese Worker: "Boys Will Be Boys" a Mistake

San Antonio Express-News
August 31, 2012

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An employee of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph is backing away from her sworn testimony that the bishop said "boys will be boys" when told of lewd images on a priest's laptop.

The diocese's computer director, Julie Creech, said during a deposition earlier this month in a civil lawsuit that Bishop Robert Finn made the statement.

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Finn is the highest-ranking Catholic official in the U.S. to be charged with shielding an abusive priest.

Part of the transcript of Creech's deposition was included Thursday in a court filing in a Jackson County civil case. That lawsuit alleges the Rev. Shawn Ratigan abused a girl after the diocese learned of the photos.