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	D.A. Statement on Archdiocese Settlement Los Angeles District Attorney's Office July 16, 2007 http://da.co.la.ca.us/mr/071607a.htm Los Angeles — District Attorney Steve Cooley issued the following statement today on the archdiocese settlement: "Today's massive civil settlement highlights the institutional moral failure of the archdiocese to supervise predatory priests who operated for years under its jurisdiction. "Our office worked for five years to obtain archdiocese records regarding the alleged criminal acts committed by these priests. The archdiocese resisted our efforts. We successfully obtained these records through the California Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in our favor last year. "While we were attempting to obtain records from the archdiocese, the U.S. Supreme Court in another case – Stogner – significantly limited statutes of limitation allowing prosecution of molestation cases. This poses a continuing legal problem to us. "We are aware there could be records that may become available to us as a result of today's settlement. If these documents reveal evidence of criminal activity on behalf of individual priests or anyone else, we will pursue them. "The book is not closed on our investigation."
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