KANSAS CITY (MO)
National Catholic Reporter
Dennis Coday | Sep. 12, 2013 NCR Today
Shawn Ratigan, the Kansas City, Mo., priest who had pleaded guilty to possession and production of child pornography last year, was sentenced to 50 years in prison this afternoon, a local TV station and the Associated Press are reporting. It was Ratigan’s case the led to KC Bishop Robert Finn’s conviction for child endangerment, a misdemeanor in county court.
Ratigan told the federal judge, “I know that no words will express my sorrow” for the hurt he caused people who trusted him and “the church I love” but he said 50 years in prison was too long. He asked for 15 years.
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