WASHINGTON
Yakima Herald-Republic
By Jane Gargas
jgargas@yakimaherald.com
SPOKANE, Wash. — A federal district court judge in Spokane has issued a $5 million judgment against a priest who served in the Catholic Diocese of Yakima in the 1970s and ‘80s.
The civil lawsuit, brought by a man known as C.S. in court documents, alleged that the Rev. Dale Calhoun sexually abused him beginning in 1977 when he was 12 and ending when he was 17.
The settlement is the largest civil judgment against an individual priest in Central and Eastern Washington, according to attorneys Bryan Smith and Vito de la Cruz of Tamaki Law.
The Catholic Diocese of Beaumont, Texas, where Calhoun was ordained, was removed from the lawsuit after agreeing to settle with C.S. for between $20,000 and $25,000.
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