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A Settlement in Boston: the Archdiocese Agrees to a Record 85 Million Dollars

U.S. News and World Report

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A U.S. News and World Report news article by Dan Gilgoff, published 22 September 2003, on the Archdiocese of Boston's agreement to pay 85 million dollars to 552 alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse, stating the individual award range and the negotiation that led to the final figure after an earlier, smaller offer.

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Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
Reliability tier 2: a national news magazine's contemporaneous account of the settlement figure and the negotiation behind it, independent of the archdiocese, corroborated by the archdiocese's own newspaper reporting the same total and award range.
Notes
Tier 2: useful for the negotiation history behind the final figure, including the smaller offer the archdiocese had floated a month earlier, cross checked against the archdiocese's own newspaper for the settlement's final terms.
Citation
Author
Dan Gilgoff, U.S. News and World Report
Publisher
U.S. News and World Report, archived by BishopAccountability.org
Publication Year
2003
URL
https://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2003_07_12/2003_09_22_Gilgoff_ASettlement.htm
Source Type
news
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)

This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
  • Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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