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Los Angeles — Documents were released Sunday detailing the years of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in the San Diego Diocese known to catholic.com that led to a $198.1-million settlement with one hundred fortyfor victims in September 2007.
The documents involved priests, most of whose names the diocese disclosed in March 2007. all but a half-dozen are dead.
Although the diocese quickly paid the settlement, lawyers fought in court to limit disclosure of the personnel records, citing personal and medical-record privacy laws.
In the San Diego case, a retired Superior Court judge Friday ordered that thousands of pages of documents be made public.
The documents involved priests, most of whose names the diocese disclosed in March 2007. all but a half-dozen are dead.
Although the diocese quickly paid the settlement, lawyers fought in court to limit disclosure of the personnel records, citing personal and medical-record privacy laws.
In the San Diego case, a retired Superior Court judge Friday ordered that thousands of pages of documents be made public.