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	Catholic Church Reaches Settlement Deal Malaysia Sun [Los Angeles CA] July 15, 2007 http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/265005/cs/1/ The Catholic Church in Los Angeles has reached a financial deal with more than 500 people who have alleged sexual abuse by priests. The plaintiffs' lawyer says the deal, if approved by the court, should be worth US$660m. It would be the biggest compensation payment the Church has made since the sexual abuse scandal erupted in 2002. It would take the total paid out by the Church in the US to $2bn since 1950, with the LA diocese paying about one quarter of that. The diocese is expected to sell property to raise the compensation funds. Since 2002 nearly 1,000 people have filed such claims against the Roman Catholic Church in California alone. In February 2004, a report commissioned by the Church said more than 4,000 Roman Catholic priests in the US had faced sexual abuse allegations in the last 50 years.
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