WASHINGTON
CBS Seattle
SEATTLE (AP) — The Archdiocese of Seattle said Tuesday it has agreed to pay $12.1 million to settle 30 sexual abuse claims filed by men who say they were abused decades ago at two archdiocesan schools operated by the Christian Brothers religious order.
The claims involved O’Dea High School in Seattle and the Briscoe School, a boarding and day school for boys in suburban Kent. The archdiocese continues to operate O’Dea, but the Christian Brothers are no longer involved. The Briscoe School closed in the late 1960s, archdiocese spokesman Greg Magnoni said.
“I deeply regret the pain suffered by these victims,” Archbishop J. Peter Sartain said in a statement.
Plaintiffs’ lawyer Michael Pfau said the archdiocese, under Sartain, “did the right thing and acknowledged the tremendous amount of pain and suffering that our clients, their families and our community have endured.
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