Where a Roman Catholic deacon ponders the world
You may remember the story that sent shockwaves around the country last summer, about the Missouri priest accused of possessing child pornography. His case led to a U.S. bishop facing criminal charges. Last week, the man at the center of the storm, copped a plea: A Kansas City Catholic priest pleaded guilty to federal child [...]
The Kansas City Star has done a remarkable job of digging into this headline-making priest‘s early life, including his childhood and years in the seminary: Records from Conception Seminary College in Conception, Mo., show that Ratigan entered the school as a freshman undergraduate in 1996, 12 years after he graduated from high school. And though [...]
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