LA diocese settles abuse claims
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The diocese of Los Angeles agrees to pay $60m to settle dozens of lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by priests.
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A $600 million settlement would be by far the largest payout in the Roman Catholic Churchâs abuse scandal.
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When the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego filed for bankruptcy six months ago, it hoped to find shelter from potentially embarrassing and costly lawsuits from people claiming they were sexually abused by priests.
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The leafletting outside St. Matthew Catholic Church started well on a recent Sunday, with some parishioners accepting the brochures about clergy abuse being handed out by people who said they were abused by priests.
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The state Supreme Court says a &#36;68 million lawsuit alleging that the Roman Catholic diocese of Nashville covered up child sex abuse by a former priest can go forward.
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Â· Late compensation cases can go ahead, law lords sayÂ· Local authorities face rise in sex abuse payouts
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh has voluntarily set up a $1.25 million fund to aid the victims of 32 cases of clergy sexual abuse, an attorney for the victims said on Monday.
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A Catholic bishop praises parishioners for their response to a priest at the centre of a sex abuse allegation.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of  Orange in Southern California agreed to what sources said would  be a record U.S. financial settlement with 87 people charging  sexual abuse by priests and other church employees, the Los  Angeles Times said on Friday.
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The Roman Catholic Church in San Diego agrees to pay $198m to settle 144 claims of sexual abuse by clergy.
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The nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese said Friday it will pay $60 million to settle 45 sex abuse lawsuits, the largest payout yet by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and among the biggest resulting from the molestation crisis that has plagued the church.
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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 Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh said Monday it has created a $1.25 million fund to settle 32 lawsuits alleging abuse or injury by priests.
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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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The Roman Catholic Church in California has reached a deal with nearly one hundred people who say they were abused by priests and other church employees.
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TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Catholic Diocese of Tucson is placing ads in publications nationwide to notify abuse victims that they must file claims by a deadline or lose the right to seek compensation.
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An inquiry into the way sex abuse in the Catholic Church is tackled finds progress has been made.