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	Church to Pay Victims The Age May 15, 2010 http://www.theage.com.au/world/church-to-pay-victims-20100514-v4jk.html A Roman Catholic diocese has agreed to pay more than $US20 million ($A22.33 million) to victims of predator priests and says it will sell some of its real estate to foot the bill. The diocese of Burlington in the north-eastern state of Vermont agreed to pay $US17.65 million to 26 sex abuse victims and settled three appeal cases for undisclosed amounts, the Bishop of Burlington, Salvatore Matano, said on the diocese's website. Many of the cases dated back to the 1970s and involved two priests, Father Edward Paquette and Father Alfred Willis. Six dioceses, one archdiocese and a Jesuit group have filed for bankruptcy protection since the archbishop of Boston's 2002 admission that he had protected a priest he knew had molested children. The US church has paid out an estimated $US3 billion to victims of abusive clergy.
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