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Missouri Diocese Agrees To $10 Million Payment On Sex Abuse Lawsuits

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Roman Catholic diocese has tentatively agreed to pay $10 million to settle nearly 50 sexual abuse claims against the diocese and its priests. In a letter sent to priests with the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese late Tuesday, Bishop Robert W. Finn said the deal is subject to his approval after he consults with two diocese boards. Along with the money for the 47 claims, the tentative deal calls for the diocese to meet 19 other conditions, including publicly announcing and acknowledgin4g the wrongfulness of sexual abuse by its priests. Attorneys for the plaintiffs say it is the nonmonetary conditions that make the proposed settlement so important. The deal will settle all current sexual abuse lawsuits pending in Jackson County against the diocese and 12 current or former priests for incidents alleged to have occurred between 1951 and 1992.
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Posted by Editor at August 22, 2008 10:57 AM