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13 July 2016

Local diocese closes painful chapter in sex abuse case

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah last week closed a painful and shameful chapter from its past when it announced it would pay $4.5 million to resolve a suit alleging child sexual abuse by a since-defrocked priest, Wayland Y. Brown. This was the second time the diocese agreed to settle a case involving Brown. The earlier one, resolved in 2009, settled for $4.24 million.

http://savannahnow.com/opinion-editorial/2016-07-10/editorial-local-diocese-closes-painful-chapter-sex-abuse-case