Catholic church makes $100 mil sex abuse settlement in California

Wednesday, January 5, 2005 at 07:52 JST
LOS ANGELES — The Roman Catholic church has made a $100 million settlement with Californian victims of sexual abuse by priests who were protected by the church leadership, according to court documents.

The deal is the biggest made by any Roman Catholic diocese in the United States and sexual abuse victims.

Bishop Tod Brown made an apology at the Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday and released thousands of pages of files on the abuse by priests, nuns and lay preachers in his diocese of Orange County.

The settlement was with 90 victims who alleged abuse and lawyers said the plaintiffs were paid between $50,000 and nearly $4 million.

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=8&id=323849

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