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- Nov 14, 2019
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French bishops approve payments for church sex abuse victims
- Associated Press, Church in Europe
- Nov 10, 2019
French bishops on Saturday approved plans to financially compensate people abused sexually within the Roman Catholic Church.
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Judge OKs $40M settlement with Duluth diocese
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Oct 22, 2019
A federal judge has approved a $40 million settlement between the Diocese of Duluth and dozens of people who say they were abused as children by priests.
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Australian diocese to pay millions in settlement in one abuse case
- Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania
- Sep 28, 2019
Australia’s Ballarat Diocese will pay up to $3 million (US$2.03 million) in a landmark compensation claim for clerical sexual abuse after a victim, code name JCB, won an out-of-court settlement for abuse during the early 1990s by Gerald Ridsdale, a former priest.
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A New York diocese filed for bankruptcy. Will others follow?
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Sep 22, 2019
The Diocese of Rochester was the first in New York to seek bankruptcy protection under the weight of new sexual misconduct lawsuits, but lawyers and church leaders say it may not be the last.
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Leaders hope compensation plan brings some healing, hope to survivors
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Sep 18, 2019
A new private independent program set up to compensate victim-survivors of child sexual abuse by priests was rolled out Sept. 16 in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and five other participating Catholic dioceses in California.
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Lawyer: Chicago archdiocese has paid out $80M to law firm
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Sep 17, 2019
The Archdiocese of Chicago has paid $80 million to victims of sexual abuse by clergy represented by a single law firm alone since 2000, the Minnesota-based attorney who heads the firm told reporters.
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