KANSAS CITY (MO)
Kansas City Star
January 10, 2018
By Rick Montgomery
The girl stepped into the courtroom with her new biker friends.
They had provided a motorcade escort to her family — two motorcyclists ahead of a donated car (no identifying plates) and two behind. They cocooned the 13-year-old when she entered the Wyandotte County building.
The bikers, with prosecutors and counsel, surrounded her as she and her parents walked down the hallways and to their seats before a judge.
They stayed close to ensure the girl would have minimal eye contact with the priest she was accusing.
On one side of the courtroom during the December criminal hearing sat Catholic parishioners and clergy. They were shoulder to shoulder, many in formal black attire. Some prayed aloud with rosaries.
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