KANSAS CITY (MO)
The Kansas City Star
By MARK MORRIS
The Kansas City Star
Lawyers representing Catholic Bishop Robert W. Finn have renewed efforts to have misdemeanor charges against him and the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph dismissed.
In filings given to a Jackson County judge last week, Finn’s lawyers and those representing the diocese argued that a state law requiring clergy and many others to report suspicions of child abuse is unconstitutionally vague.
Earlier this month, prosecutors asked for permission to add an additional count of failure to report to those that Finn and the diocese already face.
A grand jury in October charged each with one misdemeanor failure-to-report charge related to how they handled the Rev. Shawn Ratigan between December 2010 and May 2011.
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