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Camilla Rambaldi
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena filed for bankruptcy protection to settle 362 claims of children sexually abused by clergy members serving the Diocese.
Two lawsuits were filed in 2011 claiming the clergy members sexually abused the minors from the 1930s to the 1970s.
Helena Diocese victim Thomas A. Lozau Jr. says, “You know when being a kid and trying to tell when it was happening, like I said, you just tell me who you are going to believe.”
Diocese spokesman Dan Bartleson said in a statement the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case will help resolve the abuse claims.
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