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	Diocese Asks Judge to Reject $3.6 Million Ruling Associated Press, carried in Fox 44 January 6, 2009 http://www.fox44.net/Global/story.asp?S=9622570 BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Vermont's Roman Catholic Diocese is asking a judge to throw out a $3.6 million jury verdict and order a new trial in the latest priest sex abuse case. Lawyers for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington argue the amount awarded last month to 43-year-old David Navari of Maryland was exorbitant and he didn't file suit until 2005. Navari claimed the diocese didn't do enough to protect him from the Rev. Edward Paquette in the 1970s. He and defendants in other cases claim the diocese knew Paquette was a repeat pedophile when it hired him. Navari's attorney says the diocese is ignoring an offer to use the money to help finance Catholic educations for children if the diocese publishes the names of known priest pedophiles.
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