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Archdiocese of Los Angeles agrees to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse

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The Archdiocese of has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades, in what an attorney said was the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a archdiocese, it was announced Wednesday.

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