CONNECTICUT
Seattle PI
NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — A Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a lawsuit alleging a woman was repeatedly molested by a now-deceased priest beginning when she was 3 years old.
A trial had been scheduled to begin Tuesday in the case brought by the unidentified Massachusetts woman.
Attorneys for the woman, the Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut, and its insurer reached the settlement agreement following several days of mediation.
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