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The archdiocese agreed to pay up to $30 million to 86 people who accused defrocked priest John J. Geoghan of child molestation. In a written statement, Cardinal Law called the settlement an "important closure for those victims who have long endured the damage done to them"
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Posted on 27-March-2002, Last Updated 27-March-2002

Sources: The Official Catholic Directory, National Religious Retirement Office, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

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