31
January
IRISH CHURCH TO SETTLE SEX CASES
The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, after years of denials and painful negotiations, agreed to pay $110 million to Irish children who were sexually abused by priests, nuns and other church officials in decades past. The landmark deal was designed to conclude a 10-year struggle by the church in this predominantly Catholic nation to overcome sex scandals involving its clergy going back to the 1940s.
(Dublin, Ireland)