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LOS ANGELES, March 12 (Reuters) – The Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Cardinal Roger Mahony and a former
priest have agreed to pay a total of nearly $10 million to
settle four child sex abuse cases brought against them, lawyers
for the victims said on Tuesday.
Mahony, who retired in 2011 as head of the largest U.S.
archdiocese and is now in Rome taking part in selection of a new
pope, was accused of helping a confessed pedophile priest evade
law enforcement by sending him away to a church-run treatment
center, then placing the priest back in the Los Angeles
ministry.
As part of the settlement, none of the parties admitted
wrongdoing, according to a plaintiff’s attorney in the case.
(Reporting by Steve Gorman; Editing by Cynthia Johnston)
