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Catholic Church Settles Abuse Suit

By Margaret Lyons in News on Aug 12, 2008 4:29PM

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago announced today that it will pay $12.7 million to settle a suit against 11 priests brought by 16 victims of sexual abuse. Over the last 30 years, the Archdiocese of Chicago has settled 250 such suits. [S-T, Trib]