PORTLAND (ME)
Portland Press Herald
By TREVOR MAXWELL, Portland Press Herald Writer
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland has settled a lawsuit by a man from Sidney who claimed that church leaders failed to protect him from abuse.
Terms of the settlement, announced Tuesday by the law firm representing Michael Fortin, were not disclosed. While neither side signed a confidentiality agreement, they withheld public comment except for a brief statement.
"Both parties have agreed that it is in their interests to put this matter behind them," said part of the statement from Lipman, Katz & McKee of Augusta. "They have achieved a compromise that will enable them to move forward without the burden of further litigation."
The settlement ends a four-year court saga that reached the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and set a legal precedent.