Kentucky Catholic diocese offers abuse settlement - Yahoo! News

Kentucky Catholic diocese offers abuse settlement - Yahoo! News: "Fri Jun 3, 6:46 PM ET

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Kentucky diocese announced on Friday the creation of a $120 million compensation fund that a victim's group says is the biggest settlement so far in the U.S. Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal.
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The resolution of a class-action lawsuit filed in 2003 representing more than 100 victims still requires court approval, the Diocese of Covington said in a statement on its Web site.
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'I offer a profound apology to those who were sexually abused by priests of the Diocese of Covington and especially to those who, in the past, were not treated with respect and courtesy when they came forth,' he said in the statement."