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By ALEX NEWMAN (Patch Staff) – March 28, 2016

WALTHAM, MA – A former Waltham priest has been named in a settlement between the Archdiocese of Boston and seven people who said they were sexually abused by priests.

Father Martin Walsh was posted at Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted when he abused a 13-year-old boy in 1975, Mitchell Garabedian, an attorney for the alleged victims, said.

According to Garabedian the abuse occurred in a cabin in Sunapee, NH. The accuser is now in his 50s.

Walsh, who died in 2007, is one of three priests included in the settlement listed as “unsubstantiated cases” on an archdiocesan website that tracks accusations against clergy, according to the Boston Globe.

But Garabedian says the church’s settlement, which he describes as “well into the five figures,” substantiates his client’s claims.