Bishop Robert Finn and His Merry Band of Catholics: A Timeline
Rev. Shawn Ratigan (via CBSNews) In 2009 Bishop Robert Finn settles lawsuits with 47 plaintiffs in sexual abuse cases for $10 million and agree[s] to a long list of preventive measures, among them to report anyone suspected of being a pedophile immediately to law enforcement authorities. May 2010 Parish principal raises concerns, in a written report, that the Rev. Shawn Ratigan [is] behaving inappropriately around children . Monsignor Robert Murphy , the diocese's vicar general, receives the principal's concerns, speaks with Ratigan about setting boundaries with children , and gives Bishop Finn a verbal summary of the concerns and his meeting with the priest. [ Finn acknowledged that the parish principal raised concerns in May 2010, and admitted that he didn't read the principal's report until Spring 2011.] December 2010 A computer technician finds on Ratigan's laptop hundreds of what he called "disturbing" images of children, most of them fully cl...