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发帖数: 764 | 1 San Jose Mercury News/April 1, 2008
By Jeremy Herb and Rob Dennis
While the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland reached a $56.4 million global
settlement in 2005 with the victims of childhood sexual abuse by its priests
, one religious order opted for a different tactic.
The Salesians of St. John Bosco, whose Western Province is based in San
Francisco, has been the most aggressive church group fighting lawsuits
against its priests, said Rick Simons, a lawyer who handled many cases
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发帖数: 764 | 2 The Salesians said in a statement that they never shifted alleged abusers or
tried to hide their actions and that they did not know about most cases of
abuse. The order declined to comment on details of cases and refused
requests for interviews with Salesian officials and accused priests.
'Denial, denial, denial'
In the case of Billante, notice wasn't an issue after a 181-count criminal
indictment was filed against him in 2002. Police arrested the Salesian on
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