L.A. Diocese Settles Abuse Claims, Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2007

L.A. Diocese Settles Abuse Claims

Los Angeles Times
July 17, 2007

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la_me_abuse_jul17_pg,0,4371528.photogallery?coll=la-home-center

This site contains a gallery of photos related to the Los Angeles archdiocese settlement.

Plaintiff Esther Miller weeps while talking to the media outside Los Angeles County Superior Court. She holds a photo of Michael Nocita, the former priest she says abused her when she was a teenager in Van Nuys.
Photo by Al Seib / LAT

Cardinal Roger M. Mahony looks back at abuse victims in court after the judge asked them to stand during the settlement conference.
Photo by Al Seib / LAT

Lee Bashforth shows a picture of himself as a boy with the priest who sexually abused him.
Photo by Ricardo DeAratanha / LAT

Victim Mark Gallegos weeps as he speaks outside court.
Photo by Ricardo DeAratanha / LAT

Attorney Raymond P. Boucher is surrounded by plaintiffs as he addresses the media after the settlement.
Photo by Al Seib / LAT

Frank Zamora holds a sign with a picture of his son, as a boy, who was a victim of sexual abuse by a priest. With him is his granddaughter Dominique Zamora, 13, the daughter of the victim.
Photo by Ricardo DeAratanha / LAT

Raymond P. Boucher, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs.
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Abuse victim Jim Robertson hugs Rita Milla outside the courthouse.
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Judge Haley Fromholz, right, admonishes people in the audience to stop heckling Cardinal Roger M. Mahony's attorney during the settlement conference.

FOR THE RECORD: An earlier version of this caption mistakenly said the judge admonished people in the audience to stop heckling Cardinal Mahony.

Photo by Al Seib / LAT

Judge Fromholz oversees the settlement proceedings between abuse victims and the Los Angeles Archdiocese.
Photo by Al Seib / LAT