LOS ANGELES (CA)
Grand Forks Herald
[Michael Baker – Los Angeles archdiocese]
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will pay nearly $10 million to settle four clergy sex abuse cases.
Church attorney J. Michael Hennigan confirmed the $9.9 million settlement Tuesday for the cases, which alleged abuse by former priest Michael Baker.
Two cases were to go to trial soon and a judge had said attorneys for the alleged victims could also pursue punitive damages.
Recently released files show Baker met with Cardinal Roger Mahony in 1986 and confessed to molesting two brothers for nearly seven years.
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