KANSAS CITY (MO)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A Kansas City priest accused of producing and possessing child pornography is scheduled to plead guilty in federal court to at least some of the charges against him.
The Rev. Shawn Ratigan was charged last year with 13 federal child pornography counts and three in Clay County after a computer technician discovered hundreds of troubling images on the 46-year-old priest’s laptop in December 2010.
He pleaded not guilty but a change of plea hearing was scheduled in federal court for Thursday.
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