KANSAS CITY (MO)
WGEM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A federal judge has dismissed 1 of 2 civil counts facing the Kansas City diocese and its bishop in a lawsuit filed by victim of sexual exploitation by a former diocese priest.
A ruling issued Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Gary Fenner says the victim will not be able to present evidence that the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph and Bishop Robert Finn aided and abetted the Rev. Shawn Ratigan, who possessed lewd images of her.
A trial in the civil case is scheduled to begin Monday.
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