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By The Record
June 11, 2013

STOCKTON – The Diocese of Stockton’s Bishop Stephen Blaire wrote a letter that was read to congregations over the weekend addressing speculation on the diocese filing for bankruptcy and settlements on sexual abuse lawsuits.

A recent settlement brought the total the Catholic diocese has paid in judgments, legal costs and settlements to $15 million over the past 20 years, Blaire said in the letter. And of that, $6 million has been paid in the last three years.

The latest settlement is with a victim of defrocked priest Oliver O’Grady. The victim was 10 or 11 years old when he was molested by O’Grady in the 1980s, according to the letter.