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	Priest Sex Abuse Case Settled for $4.2M The Atlanta Journal-Constitution October 29, 2009 http://www.ajc.com/news/priest-sex-abuse-case-177461.html The Catholic Diocese of Savannah has announced a $4.24 million settlement with a 40-year-old man who says he was sexually abused by a former priest. The Diocese said in a statement Wednesday that the settlement was to avoid the expense and burden of a lengthy trial. Savannah native Allan Ranta filed a civil suit in Jasper County, S.C., in 2008 saying he was molested by former priest Wayland Y. Brown from 1978 to 1983. Ranta was 10- to 14- years old and a student at St. James Catholic School when the alleged abuse occurred. He claimed the Diocese ignored signs Brown posed a danger to children. Brown was convicted in 2003 for sexually abusing two Maryland boys nearly 30 years earlier. He was released in April 2008 after serving half of his sentence.
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