"MINNEAPOLIS (MN) ... Abuse victims, St. John's Abbey settle claims ... Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune ... Paul McEnroe and Pam Louwagie ... Star Tribune ... Published Sep 27, 2002 ... Victims of sexual abuse by monks from St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., have reached a broad financial settlement with the abbey, attorney Jeff Anderson said Thursday. ... Anderson said that the agreement also included ''significant noneconomic points that will go towards creating strong safeguards in the future to prevent sexual abuse by abbey monks.'' ... He declined to say how many victims were included in the settlement and how much money the abbey agreed to pay. At least a dozen victims had sued or brought demands against the abbey in the 1990s, and some of them received small settlements from the abbey at the time of their lawsuits.>snip ... "
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