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Article Category: 2007 February
Description: Total payout will be $625,000
Article originally prepared on : 05 February 2007
"Those who have been harmed by this evil deserve our help," BishopGeorge Lucas told Catholic Times, the diocesan newspaper. "I pray thatwith God's grace this settlement will help promote healing for thosewho have been abused and their families."
Springfield attorney Fred Nessler, whose office represented the sixvictims, said this latest settlement brings to approximately $10million the amount of damages his office has collected for clients inIllinois from priest sex abuse cases.
"I think this bishop (Lucas) should be commended for the way he hashandled these victims," Nessler said Friday. "I handle these cases allover the country, while most of my cases are in Illinois, and haveworked with a lot of dioceses. This particular bishop has reallycomplied with the tone of the bishops' conference and their directives.I think his approach is the right one."
Diocesan spokeswoman Kathie Sass said the $625,000 settlement was nottaken from parish Mass collections or from donations to the AnnualCatholic Services Appeal that funds diocesan offices and programs.Instead, she said, it came from interest on investments and from othersources.
The settlement was paid in late December and was made public this week.
Sass asked that anyone with information on sexual abuse of minors by amember of the clergy contact law enforcement authorities or diocesanvictim assistance coordinator Pat Kornfeld at 321-1155.
Dave Bakke can be reached at 788-1541 or dave.bakke@sj-r.com.
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