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Burlington Free Press
Written by
Sam Hemingway
Free Press Staff Writer
A settlement was reached in federal court in Burlington today just before a trial involving clerical sex abuse was set to begin.
Lawyers for the state’s Roman Catholic diocese and a plaintiff alleging he was molested as a boy in 1974, would not disclose the amount of money agreed upon in the settlement as they left the courtroom.
The case involved allegations that a Rutland youth being trained to be an altar boy was molested by the Rev. Edward Paquette in 1974.
The victim, now a resident of California, says he was 12 years old when the incident occurred at Christ the King Church in Rutland, according to court documents. He said Paquette molested him two or three times.
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