NEW YORK
Times Herald-Record
By Michael Randall
Times Herald-Record
The Archdiocese of New York recently settled sexual abuse claims with seven men who said they were victimized as children by former Hudson Valley priests.
The priests included Francis Stinner, who taught at John S. Burke Catholic High School in Goshen from 1973 to 1980. He was laicized – removed from the priesthood – in 2005.
The archdiocese paid claims ranging from $150,000 to $350,000 each, totaling more than $1.5 million, to the seven men under the Independent Compensation and Reconciliation Program announced by Cardinal Timothy Dolan last October.
J. Michael Reck, the lawyer who represented the seven, said they agreed to disclose details including the identities of those they accused, “so other survivors still suffering in silence” might be encouraged to come forward.
The archdiocese agreed not to disclose any details of the settlements, but victims are free to speak, according to archdiocese spokesman Joseph Zwilling.
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