http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/b...-1226442147069
AS a priest, he absolved others of their sins in the anonymity of the confessional.
Thursday afternoon, the Reverend Shawn Ratigan stood in the public forum of a federal courtroom in Kansas City and confessed to some of his own.
Ratigan, 46, pleaded guilty to using five girls to produce or attempt to produce child pornography over several years while he was as pastor to congregations in Kansas City and St Joseph, Missouri.
Each count carries a maximum sentence of up to 30 years in federal prison.
And so the same story continues.....