Fort Worth Diocese Reaches Sex Abuse Settlement

San Francisco Chronicle
August 22, 2012

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Fort-Worth-diocese-reaches-sex-abuse-settlement-3806726.php

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A North Texas diocese has reached a settlement with a man who says he was sexually abused by a priest in the 1990s.

The Fort Worth Roman Catholic Diocese on Tuesday announced the settlement with a man whose name has not been released. Terms were not disclosed in the case involving allegations of abuse by then-priest Philip Magaldi.

Officials say the victim was about 9 years old when he allegedly was abused by Magaldi in 1994.

Magaldi was defrocked in 1999 and died in 2008. The 72-year-old Magaldi was never charged and maintained his innocence.

Bishop Kevin Vann also has apologized to the victim.