A CBS News/AP report that on July 16, 2007, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Haley Fromholz formally approved a $660 million settlement between the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and 508 clergy sex abuse plaintiffs, averaging roughly $1.3 million per victim, after more than five years of negotiation. The church paid $250 million in cash with the rest from insurers and religious orders; notes the archdiocese had by then paid $764 million total in abuse settlements, the largest diocesan payout since the scandal broke in Boston in 2002.
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Citation
PublisherCBS News (CBS/AP)
URLhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/660m-clergy-sex-abuse-settlement-okd
Source Typenews
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Tier 2: mainstream independent news journalism (CBS/AP) reporting directly on a court-approved settlement; the subject diocese is confirmed as the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, not named in the citation title itself. Cross-Tradition Connections
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Boston, Cities This source names Boston directly: "payout since the scandal broke in Boston in 2002."
This source names Los Angeles directly: "News/AP report that on July 16, 2007, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Haley Fromholz formally approved a $660 million settlement between the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and 508 clergy..."
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This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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6Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
General References
1Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
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