SAN ANTONIO (TX)
My Fox Austin
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – An out-of-court settlement has been reached between a South Texas man and the Archdiocese of San Antonio over alleged priest abuse in the 1970s.
A Floresville man who says he was abused as a boy sued the archdiocese and Louis Paul White, who was removed as a priest in 1989. White formerly served Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Wilson County.
White did not show up for trial Monday so a judge issued a nearly $181 million default judgment again him.
The San Antonio Express-News (http://bit.ly/Xj6F5O ) on Tuesday reported a settlement has been reached with the archdiocese, which denied wrongdoing. Terms haven’t been disclosed.
The archdiocese in 2009 publicly named White as the target of “believable” accusations of sexual assault.
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