Catholic Church avoids abuse trial with LA deal
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The Archdiocese of Los Angeles said on Sunday it would pay people who were sexually abused by priests as children a record $660 million, although some victims regretted it meant church leaders would not face questioning in court.
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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 diocese of Los Angeles agrees to pay $60m to settle dozens of lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by priests.
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A judge has thrown out several claims of sex abuse involving a Roman Catholic priest in Northern California, striking a potential blow to hundreds of men and women who allege they were molested while diocese officials looked the other way.
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A district attorney in Massachusetts says he will not prosecute Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Dupre for child rape. He says the statute of limitations has expired.
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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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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. The agreement caps more than four years of negotiations in state and federal courts.
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The Diocese of Orange and 87 victims of clergy abuse have reached a settlement, ending two years of negotiations and marking the first group settlement against the Roman Catholic Church in California.
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Attorneys representing 45 people who sued the nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese, accusing clergy members of sex abuse, signed off Friday on a $60 million settlement, according to the lead plaintiffs' lawyer.
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A judge Wednesday refused to save a Roman Catholic church where parishioners have staged a sit-in for the past two weeks to protest its closing by the archdiocese.
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A woman who claims she was abused in a Catholic children's home loses a bid to sue the religious order which ran it.
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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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Two victim advocacy groups accused Roman Catholic bishops Monday of abandoning their pledge to root out sexually abusive clergy by reducing the number of U.S. dioceses that will receive full, onsite audits of their child protection programs next year.
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The Catholic Church in Los Angeles apologises to people abused by its priests, after offering a $660m settlement.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday, saying it did not have the money to cover lawsuits filed by alleged victims of clergy abuse.
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A Roman Catholic archbishop denied allegations Friday that he had cooperated with the communist-era secret service, indicating he would go to court to clear his name.
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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.