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Des Moines Register
By SHIRLEY RAGSDALE
REGISTER RELIGION EDITOR
February 12, 2005
I'm not certain people believe victims who say their lawsuits against the priests who abused them and the dioceses that covered up the crimes aren't about money.
After all, 37 men did share a $9 million settlement from the Davenport Catholic Diocese.
But in the end, their attorneys said the abuse survivors were less concerned about the checks they received than the list of nonmonetary settlement terms that Davenport Bishop William E. Franklin agreed to.
Posted by kshaw at February 12, 2005 08:27 AM