KANSAS CITY (MO)
Daily Reporter

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First Posted: October 12, 2015

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a lawsuit over a parent’s claims that a pedophile priest took obscene photos of her two minor daughters.

The out-of-court settlements, finalized last week, bring to about $4 million the amount the diocese has paid out to plaintiffs in cases involving Shawn Ratigan, The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1L8ldPC) reported Monday. Ratigan, whose computers were found to contain hundreds of lewd photos of young girls, was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison and 21 years in state prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges.

His case also resulted in a misdemeanor criminal conviction in 2012 against former Bishop Robert Finn for failing to report suspected child sexual abuse to the state. Finn, the highest-ranking church official…