California Catholic Diocese Settles Sex Abuse Cases
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After two years of talks, the Roman Catholic diocese of Orange, outside Los Angeles, has agreed to pay compensation to 87 victims of sex abuse by clergy.
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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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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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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will settle its clergy abuse cases for at least $600 million, the largest payout to date in the church's sexual abuse scandal, The Associated Press learned Saturday.
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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 Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $660 million to 500 victims of sexual abuse dating back as far as the 1940s in the largest compensation deal of its kind, the plaintiffs' lawyers said on Saturday.
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The Archdiocese of Milwaukee has agreed to pay more than $16 million to settle sexual abuse claims involving 10 victims in California and two priests, one transferred there by the archdiocese, church officials said Friday.
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Cardinal Roger Mahony apologized Sunday to hundreds of people who claim to have been sexually abused by Roman Catholic priests, acknowledging that the Archdiocese of Los Angeles' $660 million settlement will not buy back their childhood. The deal comes just before the cases were to be tried in court.
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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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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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As plaintiffs sobbed but Cardinal Roger Mahony sat silently in court, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and victims of clergy sex abuse on Monday finalized their record $660 million settlement.
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The agreement settles a California civil suit over its pursuit of private phone records to trace a news leak.
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said yesterday that it has reached a $1.3 million settlement with 16 men who were sexually abused by priests between 1962 and 1982.
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The nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese could sign a $60 million settlement with dozens of alleged victims of clergy abuse within days, several attorneys told The Associated Press.
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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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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.