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Harrisburg Diocese Agrees To Create $7.5 Million Trust For Sex Abuse Survivors Harrisburg Diocese Agrees To Create $7.5 Million Trust For Sex Abuse Survivors
Harrisburg Diocese Agrees To Create $7.5 Million Trust For Sex Abuse Survivors A settlement has been reached and the Diocese of Harrisburg has agreed to set up a trust for the survivors of sexual abuse at the hands of its clergy.  The agreed $7.5 million trust would allow the Diocese to come out of bankruptcy protection— the dioceses had filed for bankruptcy in 2020, and more than 50 people have filed claims that they were abused by priests since that time.  "The steps we take today continue our commitment and responsibility to support survivors of clergy abuse, and to make restitution for the suffering they have endured," Bishop Ronald Gainer said in a news…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Pedestrian Struck By NJ Transit Bus Settles For $2M Pedestrian Struck By NJ Transit Bus Settles For $2M
Pedestrian Struck By NJ Transit Bus Settles For $2M A pedestrian who suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was struck by a commuter bus in Essex County reportedly has received a $2 million settlement. Kiliek Anthony, now 31, was knocked an estimated 15 feet when he was struck by a New Jersey Transit bus as he crossed Chancellor Avenue in Irvington on Dec. 1, 2015 around 6 a.m., police reports show. He suffered several injuries, including brain bleeding and a loss of brain tissue and part of his frontal lobe, argued his attorney, Beth Baldinger of Mazie, Slater, Katz & Freeman (Roseland), argued, according to the New Jersey Law Journa…

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by Jerry DeMarco