LOS ANGELES (CA)
The Guardian (UK)
Staff and agencies
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 13 March 2013
Two child abuse cases involving a cover-up by one of the cardinals electing the next pope have been settled as part of a $10m (£6.6m) out-of-court deal in Los Angeles.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will make the payouts to victims of a now-defrocked priest who told Cardinal Roger Mahony nearly 30 years ago that he had molested children.
The cases involving ex-priest Michael Baker span 26 years, from 1974 to 2000. Two were set for trial next month. The cases were settled this week.
Two of the claims alleged Mahony didn’t do enough to stop Baker from abusing children, said the plaintiffs’ attorney John Manly.
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