Settlement with alleged victim is second-largest individual sum in Catholic priest scandal The Catholic Diocese of Savannah has agreed to pay more than $4 million
to the alleged victim of an abusive former priest in order to avoid
going to trial.
The Diocese released a statement Wednesday afternoon announcing the $4.24 million agreement reached with former St. James Catholic School student Allan Ranta Jr. Ranta had filed a complaint in a Jasper County, S.C., civil court stating he was molested from 1978 to 1983, starting when he was 10 years old, by former priest Wayland Y. Brown.
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2009/09_10/2009_10_29_Felty_ChurchSettles.htm
The Diocese released a statement Wednesday afternoon announcing the $4.24 million agreement reached with former St. James Catholic School student Allan Ranta Jr. Ranta had filed a complaint in a Jasper County, S.C., civil court stating he was molested from 1978 to 1983, starting when he was 10 years old, by former priest Wayland Y. Brown.
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2009/09_10/2009_10_29_Felty_ChurchSettles.htm