CALIFORNIA
Irish Central
By
DARA KELLY,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer
Published Sunday, April 22, 2012
A $3,75 million settlement has been reached in the case of an Irish priest found liable in a civil case of child abuse in California.
A civil jury in Stockton, Southern California, found Fr. Michael Kelly, a Tipperary native, liable for molesting a young boy.
The Diocese of Stockton has now agreed to pay the victim and his legal representation $3.75 million.
“This 4 ½ years of litigation and 10-week trial has been the most difficult experience of my life, but I feel I have received justice today, not for me, but for that 10-year old boy who Fr. Kelly hurt so badly,” said the victim, now in his 30s, in a statement after the settlement was reached, according to FOX40 News.
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