Boston Church Paid at Least $21.2 Million in Abuse Settlements | NY Times

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Boston Church Paid at Least $21.2 Million in Abuse Settlements
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 2:51 p.m. ET

BOSTON (AP) -- As alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse began considering the Boston archdiocese's offer to settle 542 lawsuits, records were released publicly showing the archdiocese paid at least $21.2 million in settlements to 149 people from 1994 to 2001.

Annual reports prepared by church officials show that the archdiocese's Sexual Misconduct Delegate's Office received 210 new claims against church employees between July 1994 and October 2001. The records did not specify what happened to the other 61 cases.

The previously secret reports were made public Monday after they were released to lawyers representing alleged victims who have pending lawsuits against the archdiocese.

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