August 05, 2005

Oakland diocese settles with 56 victims of clergy sexual abuse

OAKLAND (CA)
Mercury News

By Dan Hull
Mercury News

The Diocese of Oakland has agreed to settle with 56 survivors of sexual abuse by its priests, ending four months of intense legal negotiations that were supervised by Alameda County Superior Court Judge David Hunter.

The $56 million settlement, announced today, is remarkable because each individual case was negotiated separately.

Posted by kshaw at August 5, 2005 08:49 PM