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	San Diego Diocese Offers Settlement By Allison Hoffman LA Daily News March 29, 2007 http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_5553154 San Diego — The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego is offering $95 million to settle more than 140 claims of sexual abuse by priests. According to documents filed Wednesday in the church's bankruptcy proceedings, the diocese would offer 83 victims who say they were forced to have sex as much as $800,000. Forty-four people who were only touched or forced to masturbate would receive between $176,000 and $575,000. An additional 16 victims who say they were exposed to lesser types of abuse - being asked to pose for photographs or look at sexual material, for example - would receive between $10,000 and $175,000. Under the proposed bankruptcy reorganization plan, a $3 million fund would also be created to settle any additional abuse claims that have not yet been formally made. Final payouts would be based on the age of the victim when the abuse took place, as well as the frequency and duration of the abuse. The proposed $95 million settlement is a significant chunk of the $156 million in assets disclosed by the diocese in its initial filings.
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