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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In a letter issued yesterday to parishioners, Archbishop Sean P. O&#39;Malley for the first time acknowledged a link between church closings and the sex-abuse scandal, saying his mission is
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport agreed to pay &#36;9 million Thursday to settle 37 claims of sexual abuse by priests &#151; a deal that could lift any immediate threat of bankruptcy.
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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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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.
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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 to date, the Los  Angeles Times reported on Sunday.
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A judge Monday unsealed the details of a record &#36;100 million settlement with a Southern California diocese over sex abuse allegations against clergy. Alleged victims sobbed as they spoke publicly about a deal that was nearly two years in the making.
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An agreement by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange to pay $100 million to settle 87 sex-abuse claims against priests probably will set a standard that
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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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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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The Archdiocese of Newark has agreed to pay &#36;1.1 million to nine people who sued the diocese over alleged sexual abuse by priests. The settlement, announced Friday, carries no admission of wrongdoing on the part of the archdiocese or any priest.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said in a letter to parishioners this weekend that it is considering declaring bankruptcy to avoid going to trial on more than 140 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by priests.
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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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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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A RECORD $US100 million ($129 million) clergy sex abuse settlement between the Californian Catholic Diocese of Orange and 87 plaintiffs has brought some relief to families.
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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 nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese said Friday it would pay $60 million to settle 45 lawsuits alleging sex abuse by priests.