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...AP) -- A $10 million settlement between the Boston Archdiocese and 86 alleged victims of child-molesting priest John Geoghan won final approval Thursday, four months after the church backed out of a much costlier agreement. A $10 million...
...The Archdiocese of Boston has pulled out of a settlement agreement with 86 people who accuse now-defrocked priest John Geoghan of sexual abuse, saying the deal -- estimated to be worth $15 million to $30 million -- was too expensive. The...
...swimming pool a decade ago will be back in the courtroom in about a month when he faces a second sexual abuse trial. John Geoghan, 66, was convicted on Friday of indecent assault and battery for the swimming pool episode in 1991, when he was still...
...Hinkle ruled Thursday that the 1999 indictment alleging John Geoghan raped a child between 1980 and 1984 was not filed in...victims to address this issue and for molesters like John Geoghan to be taken off the streets," said Phil Saviano...
...church. Superior Court Judge Constance Sweeney ordered Law to be deposed Wednesday in the civil litigation against John Geoghan, the now-defrocked priest accused of molesting scores of youngsters. In other legal proceedings against the Catholic...
...judge's confidentiality agreement with the Boston Archdiocese and release 10,000 documents concerning former priest John Geoghan. After the archdiocese lost an appeal, the materials became public in January. Q: What do the court documents say...
...cardinal is being questioned under oath by attorneys in a lawsuit brought by 86 alleged victims of child-molesting priest John Geoghan. The plaintiffs accuse Law and the archdiocese of failing to protect youngsters. On Friday, Law answered questions...
...mortgage the property since it backed out of a settlement with 86 plaintiffs in a civil suit against defrocked priest John Geoghan. The archdiocese's Finance Council on Friday rejected the settlement because of a concern about the growing number...
...hours in a closed chamber, Law answered questions about his supervision of convicted pedophile and defrocked priest John Geoghan. The deposition was ordered Monday by a Massachusetts judge. Law frequently said he could not remember specific incidents...
...Bernard Law of Boston, to begin with. Under Law's leadership, persistent allegations against the likes of the Revs. John Geoghan, Paul Shanley and Joseph Birmingham were ignored, covered up and dismissed, and the priests were shifted from job...