http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/2m-church...7777312343.html
<b>$2m (Aus dollars) church abuse settlement in US</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Eighteen people who claimed they were sexually abused by priests have settled their lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver, in the US, for a total of at least $US1.6 million ($A2.04 million), their lawyers said<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"It's a time for us to be grateful that there's closure, but also not to forget the pain they've experienced," Archbishop Charles Chaput said.
<b>Twenty lawsuits against the archdiocese remain.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<b>EDIT:</b>
Not familiar with the geography of the US (which cities are in which state). It's Denver mentioned above, not Washington. That and the different amounts of money involved, seem to distinguish this event from the news referred to in post 167.
Here's some further indication that they are separate cases:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The settlement is the latest of several announced by dioceses around the United States.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Is that the catholic church trying to wipe the blood and tears of countless off its hands using greenbacks? Nice try. Won't work, but nice try. At least the victims get some kind of compensation for the christoterrorism they endured. And it's an admission of guilt (multiple instances of guilt) from the church's end.
<b>$2m (Aus dollars) church abuse settlement in US</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Eighteen people who claimed they were sexually abused by priests have settled their lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver, in the US, for a total of at least $US1.6 million ($A2.04 million), their lawyers said<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"It's a time for us to be grateful that there's closure, but also not to forget the pain they've experienced," Archbishop Charles Chaput said.
<b>Twenty lawsuits against the archdiocese remain.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<b>EDIT:</b>
Not familiar with the geography of the US (which cities are in which state). It's Denver mentioned above, not Washington. That and the different amounts of money involved, seem to distinguish this event from the news referred to in post 167.
Here's some further indication that they are separate cases:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The settlement is the latest of several announced by dioceses around the United States.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Is that the catholic church trying to wipe the blood and tears of countless off its hands using greenbacks? Nice try. Won't work, but nice try. At least the victims get some kind of compensation for the christoterrorism they endured. And it's an admission of guilt (multiple instances of guilt) from the church's end.