After
being sued by eight women who alleged they were molested by a priest
four decades ago, the Seattle Archdiocese has settled for $9.1 million.
The settlement, reported by the Seattle Times, came Wednesday after a damning psychiatrist’s letter, among other documents, surfaced last year reporting Michael Cody, the priest at the center of the suit, was a pedophile who needed to “be removed from parish work as soon as possible.” The letter, part of correspondence among church officials expressing concerns about Cody, was written in 1962; the women were abused between 1968 and 1975.
http://blog.gaycatholicpriests.org/2016/03/father-cody-is-dangerous-seattle-archdiocese-settles-sex-abuse-case-for-9-1-million-after-damning-letters-surface/
The settlement, reported by the Seattle Times, came Wednesday after a damning psychiatrist’s letter, among other documents, surfaced last year reporting Michael Cody, the priest at the center of the suit, was a pedophile who needed to “be removed from parish work as soon as possible.” The letter, part of correspondence among church officials expressing concerns about Cody, was written in 1962; the women were abused between 1968 and 1975.
http://blog.gaycatholicpriests.org/2016/03/father-cody-is-dangerous-seattle-archdiocese-settles-sex-abuse-case-for-9-1-million-after-damning-letters-surface/