Mexican, L.A. cardinals sued in priest abuse case
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The cardinals of two of the most   important Roman Catholic dioceses in North America were accused   in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday of allowing a priest wanted for   multiple sex abuse to flee California for Mexico.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson today filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in an attempt to protect its assets from judgments and settlements stemming from alleged sexual misconduct by some of its priests.
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Hispanic activists and the ACLU sued Hazleton on Tuesday over one of the toughest crackdowns on illegal immigrants by a U.S. city.
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MEXICO CITY - A victims' group said yesterday that newly released documents support its claim that Mexico's most prominent cardinal knew a Mexican priest was suspected of molesting children but transferred him to the United States anyway.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange County, Calif., has reached a settlement with 87 victims of abuse by priests and lay employees that includes the largest payment ever agreed to by the church.
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U.S. lawyers for a former altar boy plan to grill Mexico's top Roman Catholic clergyman next month as part of an effort to sue him in a California court over claims he protected a suspected pedophile priest.
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LOS ANGELES, July 14 -- The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will settle its clergy abuse cases for at least $600 million, by far the largest payout in the church's sexual abuse scandal, the Associated Press learned Saturday.
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The Los Angeles Roman Catholic Archdiocese, the largest in the United States, said on Friday it will pay $60 million to settle 45 of the more than 500 claims against it claiming sexual abuse by its priests.
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Jose Lima handled the pitching, Shawn Green handled the hitting, and the Los Angeles Dodgers handled the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson,  faced with possible multimillion-dollar legal verdicts from sex  abuse cases pending against its priests, filed for bankruptcy  protection on Monday, church official said.
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People who say they were sexually  abused by priests could receive more than $1.5 billion in  damages from The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles --  more than any other U.S. diocese has paid, an attorney for more  than 100 alleged victims said on Sunday.
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Hundreds of sexual abuse claims targeting the Roman Catholic Church in California have converged into one of the most complex civil litigation cases the state's judicial system has ever faced.
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The Roman Catholic diocese of Orange County, Calif., has reached a settlement that reportedly exceeds $100 million with 87 people who were sexually abused by
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A Roman Catholic priest who has been charged with sexually abusing an 11-year-old altar boy committed the crimes while decades-old allegations against him were making headlines, prosecutors allege.
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LOS ANGELES -- The nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese said Friday it has agreed to pay $60 million to settle 45 lawsuits alleging sex abuse by priests.
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Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony approved a record clergy abuse payout, opened the files of the Roman Catholic priests involved and looked into the cameras and apologized last week for the victims' treatment. And it still might not be enough to satisfy some.
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A RECORD $US100 million ($129 million) clergy sex abuse settlement between the Californian Catholic Diocese of Orange and 87 plaintiffs has brought some relief to families.