An ABC News report, published 1 June 2018 (byline Courtney Han, with Associated Press contribution), on the announced 210 million dollar settlement between the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and more than 450 survivors of clergy sexual abuse, the second largest Catholic Church settlement in US history at the time after the Archdiocese of Los Angeles's 660 million dollar 2007 settlement, noting the settlement exposed 91 previously unlisted clergy as credibly accused.
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Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Reliability tier 2: a national network's contemporaneous account of the announced settlement terms, its claimant count and the newly exposed accused clergy figure, corroborated by the Associated Press wire account of the court's later confirmation. NotesTier 2: the source for the 450-claimant figure, the 91 newly exposed accused clergy and the ranking against the 2007 Los Angeles settlement, cross checked against the AP wire account of the plan's later confirmation.
Citation
PublisherABC News
Publication Year2018
URLhttps://abcnews.com/US/clergy-abuse-survivors-receive-210-million-catholic-minneapolis/story?id=55581658
Source Typenews
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)
This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
Well-attested
9Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
General References
1Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
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