KANSAS CITY (MO)
KSHB
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Andres Gutierrez
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Victims of sexual abuse by members of the Kansas City Diocese are one step closer to receiving a settlement.
The lawyers and victims held their last hearing in the case Wednesday morning on the second floor of Jackson County courthouse in Independence.
On Tuesday, the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph agreed to pay $9.95 million to settle 30 lawsuits that alleged sexual abuse by priests.
This comes after former altar boy Jon David Conzens filed a lawsuit in 2011, accusing Monsignor Thomas O’Brien of molesting him 30 years ago.
Conzens was pleased with the settlement, but the plaintiff’s attorney Rebecca Randles said the decision is bittersweet.
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