Final Defendant Settles In Sex Abuse Case Against Seattle Archdiocese

Yesterday's Tacoma (WA) News Tribune reports that the second of two plaintiffs in a priest sex abuse case brought against the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle has agreed to settle for $700,000 following his testimony at trial. The Archdiocese gave plaintiff a short deadline to accept, after jurors raised some questions about the testimony. Plaintiff had already settled with other potential defendants, receiving some $600,000 from them. In the current trial, another plaintiff settled earlier this week. (See prior posting.) Both had allegedly been abused by former priest Patrick G. O’Donnell.