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The archdiocese of Denver has agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle 18 claims of sexual abuse against its priests in incidents that happened between 1954 and 1981.

Jury awards $155,000 in civil case brought against clergyman by family of young relative.

Former Freedom priest convicted in two 1978 assaults.

New lawsuit says Catholic cleric molested 2 pre-school boys in 2005
He was already on suspension for sexually assaulting a different child in DC
Parents and co-workers warned church officials about predator at least 20 years earlier.

A basketball coach at Walter Payton College Prep faces criminal sexual assault charges over alleged incidents with two 15-year-old female students at
the school.

In a decision that may aid victims of childhood sexual abuse, an Illinois Appellate Court has ruled that an Illinois man who waited 19 years to sue a
priest over alleged sexual abuse can have his day in court.

Justice withheld Feeney charges as Outagamie DA

The parents of a teenage girl who was sexually abused by her high school track and volleyball coach have sued the teacher and the school district, claiming
school officials were negligent.

2/5/2008
Records indicate Prosser declined to prosecute priest in 1979
Associated Press
MILWAUKEE – Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser told a mother in 1979 when he was Outagamie County district attorney that he did not want to prosecute a priest accused of abusing her sons because “it would be too hard on the boys,” newly released documents indicate.
The Green Bay priest, John Patrick Feeney, who is now 81, was eventually convicted in 2004 on three counts of sexual assault of a minor and one count of attempted sexual assault of a minor.
Prosser is scheduled to hear a case bro

As DA in ’79, he decided not to prosecute, records indicate