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Settlement reached between 5 men, Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport

A settlement has been reached in the case of 5 men who claim they were sexually abused as children by priests.  The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport has agreed to pay $3.55 million for the alleged abuse from the 1980s to the early 2000s.  The Connecticut Post reports that the lawsuits were filed against the Reverend Walter Coleman, the Reverend Robert Morrissey and the Reverend Larry Jensen, in Bridgeport, Brookfield, Danbury and Ridgefield.  A change of law in 2002 extended the statute of limitations for filing lawsuits from 5 years to until the alleged victims reaches the age of 48.