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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 04:56 AM
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US diocese makes $100m abuse deal
From the BBC page

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4147431.stm

The Roman Catholic Church in California is to pay $100m (£53m) to the alleged victims of sexual abuse by clergy members, a US judge has announced.

The settlement, in Orange County, is the largest made by any Roman Catholic diocese in the United States.

It exceeds the payment made by Boston's diocese, where claims of abuse within the Church in America first emerged.

Bishop Tod Brown made an apology at a press conference, which was attended by some of the 87 victims.


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My heart goes out to the victims, innocent children never deserve such treatment.
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