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Archdiocese of Los Angeles will pay $880 million to settle sexual abuse claims

NPR

By Steve Futterman

Published October 17, 2024 at 7:20 AM EDT

The money will go to victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades, in what an attorney said was the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese.

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Steve Futterman

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