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COLUMBUS, Ohio – An attorney tells 10TV the Catholic Diocese of Columbus has reached a settlement with a man who says he was sexually abused by a priest in the 1970s.

Father Ronald Atwood was removed from the church in July 2013, one day after the dioceses received a complaint that he had abused a minor.

The man who filed the lawsuit claims the abuse happened between 1975 and 1980 in Atwood’s office at Bishop Ready High School in west Columbus.

Tonight, SNAP, or Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is calling on the Catholic Diocese to reveal when victims come forward.

An attorney for Atwood’s accuser, who is now in his mid-50’s, told 10TV his client didn’t want to talk about the case.