BOSTON (MA)
Los Angeles Times
From Reuters
March, 10 2006
BOSTON — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston said Thursday that 88 people would settle claims they were sexually abused by priests, agreeing to a smaller payout than a first group of abuse victims received.
Kelly Lynch, a spokeswoman for the archdiocese, said the 88 agreed to participate in a first round of arbitration scheduled to take place in March and April.
The archdiocese has offered average payments of $75,000 per person.
This settlement would come three years after the Boston Archdiocese, which was at the heart of a national pedophile priest scandal, reached a global settlement with about 540 victims for $85 million, paying each person roughly $153,000.
Posted by kshaw at March 10, 2006 07:28 AM