KANSAS CITY (MO)
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
Posted by David Clohessy on August 01, 2012
In a recent court filing, lawyers for KC Catholic Bishop Robert Finn make the stunningly callous and outrageous claim that photos taken by Fr. Shawn Ratigan are not child porn.
This is no paraphrase. This is precisely what church lawyers say: “the photographs at issue are not child pornography.” (The actual document is below. See especially page 9)
Repeatedly, these attorneys stress that the photos were not “obscene” and depict “no sexual contact.”
We are astounded by the insensitivity and pure offensiveness of this claim and what it may mean, if successful, in other child porn cases across Missouri.
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