December 18, 2004

$1.8 million church abuse settlement

SEATTLE (WA)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF

The Archdiocese of Seattle said yesterday that it had reached a settlement of $1.8 million with 12 people who had been sexually abused as children by two priests.

The abuse dates to the 1960s, according to a statement that the archdiocese issued last night. It did not name the priests involved.

The settlement was reached through mediation talks, the archdiocese said.

A spokesman for the archdiocese could not be reached for comment last night.

Archbishop Alexander Brunett apologized to the victims in the statement.

Posted by kshaw at December 18, 2004 06:56 AM