Christian Brothers Institute to pay $16.5 million to settle sex abuse claims

UNITED STATES
New York Daily News

BY DAREH GREGORIAN / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013

The Christian Brothers Institute has agreed to pay $16.5 million to settle claims of sex abuse at its institutions.

The group — an order of the Catholic Church headquartered in New Rochelle — was slammed with more than 400 lawsuits from across the U.S. and Canada involving its schools and orphanages, including the long-closed Cardinal Farley Military Academy in upstate Rhinecliff.

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