KANSAS CITY (MO)
The Kansas City Star
A change of plea hearing has been scheduled for a Kansas City Catholic priest accused of multiple child pornography-related charges.
The notice in the case of the Rev. Shawn Ratigan was posted this morning in online federal court records.
Ratigan, 46, is charged in U.S. District Court in Kansas City with six counts of producing child pornography, five counts of attempted production of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography.
His attorney, federal public defender Robert Kuchar, declined to comment today on the change of plea hearing. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office also declined comment.
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