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	Insurers Pay $8.5M in Springfield Clergy Sex Abuse Associated Press, carried in Boston Herald July 2, 2008 http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view/2008_07_02_Insurers_pay__ 8_5M_in_Springfield_clergy_sex_abuse/srvc=home&position=recent SPRINGFIELD - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield has reached an $8.5 million settlement with insurance companies for coverage of clergy sex abuse claims. A spokesman for the diocese said Wednesday that $3.5 million will be used to pay back the diocese for half of the $7 million it paid in 2004 to settle sexual abuse claims. The remaining $5 million will be used to establish a settlement fund for about 60 other victims. The insurance companies had argued they had no obligation to cover claims if diocesan officials were aware of sexual abuse by its priests. A lawsuit filed by the diocese led to the release of files on clergy abuse investigations, including the unsolved murder of 13-year-old altar boy Daniel Croteau in the early 1970s.
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