MONTANA
Montana Public Radio
[with audio]
By CORIN CATES-CARNEY
APR 27, 2018
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Great Falls and Billings reached a $20 million settlement agreement Friday with more than 80 people who say they were sexually abused by clergy as children, according to attorneys in the case.
The claims of sexual abuse date from the 1950s to the 1990s, according to attorney Dan Fasy who represented some victims.
He says the settlement process has helped some of his clients recover from feeling like victims, but for others, this is just another step in their healing.
“I think the resounding response I’ve heard from the clients I’ve been working with is,” says Fasy, is “if this can prevent one child in the future from suffering the same fate of child sexual abuse, this will be a major victory.”
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