KBI received 205 reports of priest abuse; opened 120 cases

 

August 14, 2020



KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has received 205 reports of clergy sexual abuse and opened 120 cases since it began investigating the state's Catholic dioceses nearly two years ago, the agency said Friday.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt asked the KBI in November 2018 to investigate Catholic clergy abuse in Kansas. A task force of six agents has been investigating reports of abuse from the public and is reviewing church documents.

The investigation involves the state's four Catholic dioceses in Wichita, Salina, Dodge City and Kansas City, Kansas, along with the...



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