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	Jury Awards Victim $1.5 Million in Priest Abuse Case By Shirley Ragsdale Des Moines Register [Davenport IA] September 18, 2006 http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060918/NEWS/60918025/1001/BUSINESS05 A Scott County jury today held the Davenport Diocese negligent in a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse suffered by a Davenport man at the hands of a high diocesan official and awarded D. Michl Uhde $1.5 in damages. Following the verdict, Uhde said he hoped his experience would serve as inspiration for other victims to come forward and get the help they need. "I wish it hadn't come to this," Uhde said. "Mike Uhde showed incredible courage to come forward and participate in this trial," said Patrick Noaker, one of Uhde's attorneys. "They came after him real hard during the trial. With this verdict, the jury said that there had been enough finger pointing, that it was time to problem solving." The lawsuit was the first the diocese has let go to trial. In the past, claims by 50 men of sexual abuse have all been settled out of court. The diocese has paid out more than $10 million in settlements, a factor that its attorneys said forced them to go to trial in the Uhde case.
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