LOS ANGELES (CA)
Telegraph (UK)
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has announced it will pay nearly $10 million to settle four clergy sex abuse cases.
Church lawyer J. Michael Hennigan confirmed the $9.9 million settlement for the cases, which alleged abuse by former priest Michael Baker.
Recently released files show Baker met with Cardinal Roger Mahony in 1986 and confessed to molesting two brothers for nearly seven years.
Cardinal Mahony sent Baker for psychological treatment but eventually put him back in ministry, where he molested again.
Despite calls for him to stay away, Cardinal Mahony is now in Rome helping to select a new pope.
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