US Church agrees sex abuse payout
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The Roman Catholic Church in San Diego agrees to pay $198m (Â£97m) to settle 144 claims of sex abuse by clergy.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego has settled lawsuits with 144 victims of sexual abuse by priests for $198 million, the diocese and lawyers for the victims said on Friday.
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Those alleging sexual abuse by clergy members in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles said yesterday that the record $660 million settlement from the church will go only part of the way toward healing their wounds.
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Alleged abuse victims from a number of Manchester children's homes are awarded Â£2m in compensation.
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A priest admits he is the clergyman behind a sex abuse case in which a five figure payout was made.
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Sobs and a moment of silence for those who died during years of negotiations punctuated a Monday hearing at which a judge accepted a $660 million settlement between the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and alleged victims of clergy sex abuse.
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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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A Christian ministry that helps its members pay one anotherâs medical bills won an important round in its legal battle with insurance regulators.
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Lawyers for hundreds of alleged victims of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests estimate that their clients' claims could cost the Archdiocese of Los Angeles more than &#36;1.5 billion, the largest amount ever paid out by a diocese, according to court documents.
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About 150 people claiming they were sexually abused by priests have agreed to settle their lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland, a federal judge announced Monday.
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The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange told parishioners Sunday that he can finally sleep through the night now that he has ended a long and at times bitter legal battle by agreeing to the nation's largest settlement for victims of sexual abuse by clergy.
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The Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth in Texas said on Wednesday that it had reached a settlement for an undisclosed sum of money with 11 men who said they had been sexually abused by a local priest.
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LONDON, ENGLANDâAlmost one year after an openly gay bishop was consecrated by the US Episcopal Church, an international commission ruled the church should apologize for its actions and cease any further promotion of partnered gay or lesbian clergy, the
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PORTLAND, Oregon  - The Catholic Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, has settled most of the 175 sex abuse claims filed against it, bringing it closer to emerging from bankruptcy, judges involved in mediating the claims said on Monday.
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PORTLAND, Oregon  - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, will pay about $75 million to settle at least 170 claims of sexual abuse by its priests as part of a revised bankruptcy reorganization plan, according to legal documents.
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It appears too early to say whether the record-breaking $100 million clergy sex abuse settlement reached by the Roman Catholic Dicoese of Orange and 87 plaintiffs will be
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In a record pay-off settlement by an American Diocese, the Catholic Roman Catholic diocese of Orange agreed to pay some $100 million to settle accounts with 87 sexually molested victims of its past priests, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2004.