By Amy Cherry
WDEL
January 5, 2011
http://www.wdel.com/story.php?id=31388
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St. Dennis Parish in Maryland, that's part of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, settles a priest sex abuse claim to avoid trial.
"There's not enough money in the world to compensate for the loss of my family."
That's survivor Joe Curry, who says he was abused hundreds of times on a weekly basis by the now-deceased Father Curley.
"...Waitin' for me at the end of the school bus, or the fake permission slips, or cleanin' up the church, stackin' the books."
Curry has accepted a $1.7 million settlement from St. Dennis. Curry will get $70,000 now, and will get the rest after the Diocese bankruptcy case is resolved.
He says he feels some relief, but he'll never be right. He says he lost himself, and his family lost their son.
"I gotta tell ya, if you could give me back my parents, just to let them know, it wasn't their fault...you could have all the money in the world."
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