Bishop jerry macklin lawsuit settlements

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Catholic Vote [Madison, WI]

January 30,

By Madalaine Elhabbal

The Diocese of Orange and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles have agreed to pay a combined settlement believed to be the largest ever in a sex abuse case filed on behalf of an individual against a religious institution. 

The case involving two of the most notorious sex predators in California reached a $million settlement on Friday, January 26, according to a local report from East Bay Times.

The case focuses primarily on the sexual crimes of Fr. Eleuterio Ramos and Fr. Siegfried Widera. 

In , a piece of California legislation provided a three-year window during which the state would lift the statute of limitations for lawsuits regarding decades-old sex abuse cases. This week’s settlement resolves one of the first suits to go to trial since  

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles, where Ramos first began committing sexual assault on minors almost immediately following his ordination, wi