Church makes big payout to abused former altar boy

Wednesday, January 29, 2003

DUBLIN, Ireland -- The Roman Catholic Church offered a high-profile apology Tuesday and more than $300,000 to a former altar boy sexually abused by a priest, the biggest individual settlement of its kind in Ireland, where hundreds of such cases have yet to face court.

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