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	DA Says " Book Not Closed" on Church Abuse Investigation KGET July 16, 2007 http://www.kget.com/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=b28d1486-e282-4cf0-ae06-0a3b8adf0aa4 Los Angeles (AP) - L-A District Attorney Steve Cooley says the "book is not closed" on prosecutors' investigation into sex abuse allegations connected to the Roman Catholic church. He says the 660 (m) million-dollar settlement between the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and more than 500 alleged victims of clergy abuse highlights "moral failure" of the church officials to supervise predatory priests. A judge approved the landmark settlement today after more than five years of negotiations. It is by far the largest payout by any diocese since the clergy abuse scandal emerged in Boston in 2002. Cooley says records that prosecutors have not been able to access may become available as a result of the settlement. He says prosecutors will pursue anyone who is revealed in those records to have engaged in "criminal activity on behalf of individual priests or anyone else."
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