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  Trenton Diocese to Pay $1m to Settle Sex Abuse Claims

By John P. Martin
Philadelphia Inquirer
August 16, 2011

http://articles.philly.com/2011-08-16/news/29892734_1_abuse-claims-abuse-victims-mitchell-garabedian

The Catholic Diocese of Trenton has agreed to pay $1 million to five men who claimed their parish priest sexually abused them when they were altar boys 30 years ago.

The settlements, announced today, bring to $1.3 million the amount the diocese has paid to alleged abuse victims of the Rev. Ronald Becker. Becker was removed from the ministry in 2002. He has since died.

Becker molested the five boys at Incarnation parish in Ewing hundreds of times between 1972 and 1984, in spans that ranged from six months to four years, according to Mitchell Garabedian, the Boston-based lawyer who represented the men. The abuse occurred in the church, the rectory and on trips.

 
 

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