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	Priest Abuse Cases Still Pending in Fairbanks Diocese Associated Press, carried in KTUU November 20, 2007 http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=7389940 FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Victims of sex abuse by Alaska-based Jesuit priests have settled for $50 million in a lawsuit against a Catholic organization in Oregon. That leaves the diocese in Fairbanks as the sole defendant in the case. The Fairbanks Catholic Diocese is facing approximately 150 unresolved clerical sexual abuse claims. It's pondering several options, including reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy. About 110 Alaska Natives will share the recent $50 million settlement with the Society of Jesus, Oregon Province. The province encompasses five states - Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Montana and Idaho. For some, apologies are too late. Two years after her settlement, plaintiff Elsie Boudreau has left the church. Boudreau says she now believes in "ellum yua," a Yup'ik Eskimo word that means "person of the universe."
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