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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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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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 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle has released the names of three priests who have been permanently barred from ministry after allegations that they sexually abused children were found to be credible.
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An inquiry into the way sex abuse in the Catholic Church is tackled finds progress has been made.
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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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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said yesterday 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 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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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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A judge ruled Wednesday that the nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese cannot withhold potential evidence or proof of clergy sex abuse by claiming that communications between priests and bishops are confidential.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said Friday it has agreed to pay $198.1 million to settle 144 claims of sexual abuse by clergy, the second-largest payment by a diocese.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis agreed to report all past and future allegations of sexual abuse against priests that involve minors, officials said.
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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 Church in San Diego agrees to pay $198m to settle 144 claims of sexual abuse by clergy.
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Cardinal Roger Mahony, leader of the nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese, apologized Sunday to the hundreds of people who will get a share of a $660 million settlement over allegations of clergy sex abuse.
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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.