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CBC News
Last updated Jul 6 2005 12:40 PM NDT
The Bishop of the Diocese of St. George's says victims of sexual abuse will get their first compensation payments within a couple of weeks.
Thirty-eight men will get money under an agreement approved Tuesday by the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Work is underway to raise the balance of the $13 million the Diocese has to pay over the next two-and-a-half years.
Crosby says no church properties have been sold yet, but the Diocese is preparing for that to happen.