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	List of Catholic Abuse Settlements Associated Press, carried in Seattle Post-Intelligencer [United States] December 1, 2006 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Church_Abuse_List.html Sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests has cost the U.S. church more than $1.5 billion since 1950. The following is a list of some of the largest known payouts to victims since the crisis intensified in 2002 with revelations that a molester priest was moved among parishes in the Boston Archdiocese without alerting parents or police: - Diocese of Orange, Calif., 2004, $100 million for 90 abuse claims. - Diocese of Covington, Ky., 2006, up to $85 million for roughly 350 people. - Archdiocese of Boston, 2003, $85 million for 552 claims. - Archdiocese of Los Angeles, 2006, $60 million for 45 lawsuits. - Diocese of Oakland, Calif., 2005, $56 million to 56 people. - Archdiocese of Louisville, Ky., 2003, $25.7 million to 243 victims. - Diocese of Tucson, Ariz., 2005, agrees to fund a settlement trust worth about $22 million for more than 50 victims as part of a plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection.
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