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But the diocese launched a compensation program in 2017, which Brennan in his Feb. 12 letter said has already paid \u201cover 500 victim-survivors more than $100 million.\u201d The diocese now \u201cintends to pursue a global resolution of all approximately 1,100 remaining cases,\u201d Brennan wrote. \u201cWe […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-77889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54345,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/diocese-of-fresno-officially-files-for-bankruptcy-amid-more-than-150-abuse-claims\/","url_meta":{"origin":77889,"position":0},"title":"Diocese of Fresno officially files for bankruptcy amid more than 150 abuse claims","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"7\u6708 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"null \/ Credit: Minerva Studio\/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 2, 2025 \/ 11:17 am (CNA). 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