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	Mailing by Diocese's Sex-Abuse Investigator Fuels Concern Kansas City Star July 13, 2011 http://www.kansascity.com/2011/07/12/3010842/investigators-mailing-fuels-concern.html Bishop Robert Finn should fire the attorney the diocese hired to conduct an investigation into its handling of priest sexual abuse cases, an activist group said Tuesday. Last month, Finn appointed Todd Graves, a former U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri, to evaluate how the Kansas City-St. Joseph diocese handles such allegations, including the case of the Rev. Shawn Ratigan, a priest charged with possessing child pornography. On Tuesday, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests said a recent mail solicitation by Graves' law firm raises questions about whether the investigation would be thorough and objective. The mailing says, "Under Investigation?" and adds that "if you believe your individual or company client may be facing a government investigation, protect the person, protect the brand …" SNAP executive director David Clohessy said the solicitation was inappropriate. Graves said Tuesday the concerns are baseless and that the investigation would be scrupulous. "There are no constraints on what we're doing," he said. Contact: jthomas@kcstar.com
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