SANTA ROSA (CA)
Orange County Register
SANTA ROSA - Santa Rosa's Catholic diocese has settled the last sexual abuse lawsuit filed against it, ending a decade-and-a-half of legal struggles and bringing to $20 million the amount the diocese has agreed to pay.
The diocese agreed to pay $750,000 to a 27-year-old Chicago man who said he was fondled in 1989 by former Rohnert Park priest and convicted sex offender Gary Timmons.