{"id":600,"date":"2012-06-25T17:40:46","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T17:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/?p=600"},"modified":"2012-06-25T17:46:08","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T17:46:08","slug":"california-catholic-church-sexual-abuse-case-settles-for-2-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/california-catholic-church-sexual-abuse-case-settles-for-2-million\/","title":{"rendered":"California Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Case Settles for $2 Million."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange County, California has settled a <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-sexual-harassment-lawyers-attorneys.php\">sexual assault<\/a> and cover-up lawsuit this past week.\u00a0 <strong>The accused, a former Monsignor, Michael Harris, agreed to pay $2 million to end the case that involved a single incident of sexual abuse.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NqzXiWOmAtY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The settlement came after hours of negotiations before a jury was to be selected for trial.\u00a0 Harris, 41 years-old and a father of two, was accused of abusing a student while he was the principal of the Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, CA.<\/p>\n<p>The church is paying the settlement for Harris, who is insolvent.\u00a0 The alleged victim has also requested, and will receive, a letter of apology.<\/p>\n<p>The victim alleged that Harris had called him into his office to reward him for good behavior and to give him a rosary blessed by the pope. But he then grabbed the boy\u2019s penis and sexually assaulted him.<\/p>\n<p>Critics are not satisfied with the settlement. 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