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	Fort Worth Diocese Settles in Abuse Case ABC 13 May 11, 2011 http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/state&id=8122579 The Fort Worth Roman Catholic Diocese has reached another settlement involving sexual abuse claims against the Rev. James Reilly, a priest who died in 1999. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that terms of the settlement reached Monday were not disclosed. The leader of the diocese, Bishop Kevin Vann, said in a written statement that he's deeply sorry for any sexual abuse the plaintiff "may have endured and suffered by Reilly." Reilly was pastor of St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Arlington from 1969 to 1987. Dallas lawyer Tahira Khan Merritt represents or has represented 19 people in lawsuits accusing Reilly, although not the victim involved in the latest settlement. She says the priest molested children in several different groups of altar boys through the years.
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