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	Iowa: Some Parishes Will Be Asked to Help Pay Davenport Diocese Says It Won't Ask Schools to Help Pay Clergy-Abuse Settlement Associated Press, carried in Telegraph Herald December 6, 2007 http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=182808 IOWA CITY — The Diocese of Davenport will ask only some parishes — but no schools — to help pay for a $37 million settlement with clergy-abuse victims, its attorney said. Richard Davidson said that Bishop Martin Amos will determine in the next month or so which of the diocese's 83 parishes would be asked to contribute. "And there's probably only a handful," he said. The diocese has 23 schools, but none will be asked for money. A settlement was reached last week and announced Monday. In all, 156 victims of clergy abuse are expected to receive funds from the settlement. The diocese first filed for bankruptcy in October 2006, saying it did not have the money to pay for the settlements or legal help required for several lawsuits alleging sexual abuse. The diocese is expected to soon file a formal plan for reorganization in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, which will include the latest settlement agreement. Davidson said priests in 50 parishes have been linked to abuse claims from the last several decades. Some priests also taught in schools. Only a few parishes will contribute because the others and the schools have no money, Davidson said.
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