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	Anchorage: Roman Catholic Order to Pay $50 Million to Victims Associated Press, carried in News Tribune November 19, 2007 http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/207531.html A Roman Catholic religious order has agreed to pay $50 million to dozens of Alaska Natives who were victims of sexual abuse by Jesuit priests, their lawyer said Sunday. The settlement with the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus is the largest one yet against a Catholic religious order, said Anchorage lawyer Ken Roosa. The Oregon-based province covers Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. He called the settlement "a great day" for the victims in which the truth of what had occurred over many years was recognized. The sexual abuse involved 13 or 14 clerics and spanned nearly 30 years, from 1961 to 1987, Roosa said. The ages of the children ranged from 5 years to teenagers. Dick Hansen, the lawyer representing the religious order, did not immediately return a call for comment.
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