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In July 2007 the Los Angeles Archdiocese settled 508 cases for $660 million. [4] On July 16, 2007, the day before he was to testify under oath, Mahony and the Roman Catholic Church in Los Angeles apologized for abuses by priests after 508 victims reached a record-breaking settlement worth $660m (£324m), with an average of $1.3m for each plaintiff.
And, the homeless mortality rate in California has been growing with almost 2,000 homeless individuals dying in Los Angeles in the last year alone. According to a County of Los Angeles public ...
It was the first settlement in California arising from the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and remained the largest settlement (though not the largest judgment) arising out of the scandal until the Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced a $660 million settlement on July 15, 2007.
Two Catholic news services, on the other hand, devoted considerably less of their Vatican coverage to the story. Catholic News Service gave it 44.8%, and the Catholic News Agency gave it 33.3%. Among the religion blogs published by high-circulation U.S. newspapers, those operated by USA Today and The Washington Post contained the most entries ...
The study used eight counties throughout California, including Los Angeles, to create a snapshot of both rural and urban homelessness — surveying nearly 3,200 people and conducting 365 in-depth ...
A recent survey by the University of San Francisco’s Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative found about two-thirds of homeless people in California have a mental health disorder, but only ...
The Grants Pass ruling clears the way for punitive measures against homeless people. Officials from San Diego to San Francisco are all too eager to oblige.
The church began as a mission in St. Mary's parish in 1925 and in 1945 moved to its present site, renamed “The Mission of Nuestra Senora de los Dolores". In 1946, the Canonnesses of St. Augustine (later named the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) came from Belgium to open the first Catholic school in the neighborhood in 1952.