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• Parishes giving $1.5 million toward settling sex cases

  May 30, 2012 in City on Page A5 Catholic parishes are contributing $1.5 million toward a broad legal settlement expected to help the church resolve clergy sex abuse claims and avoid the foreclosure of churches and schools. It’s … 6

• Religion Notebook: Christian bands will play at Spokane Arena

  March 1, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S2 The Rock and Worship Roadshow is coming to the Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave., at 6 p.m. Sunday. The concert will feature the bands, MercyMe, Tenth Avenue North, LeCrae, …

• Boys ranch joins talks on abuse claims

  December 10, 2010 in City on Page A6 A mediation effort designed to resolve ongoing legal problems faced by the Catholic Diocese of Spokane now includes the Morning Star Boys Ranch, according to court records. It sets up …

• Diocese seeking legal mediation

  October 19, 2010 in City on Page A6 The Catholic Diocese of Spokane has turned to mediation in hopes of resolving a host of legal appeals and other problems. U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan, of Oregon, has been …

• Judge overturns contempt finding of Catholic Diocese

  October 5, 2010 in City on Page A1 A senior federal judge in Spokane reversed a lower court order Monday and cleared the Spokane Catholic Diocese and its lawyers of contempt. It was a rare legal win for … 2

• Ruling puts parishes at risk of foreclosure

  September 15, 2010 in City on Page A1 The Spokane Catholic Diocese must raise more than $800,000 this fall, some of it due in two weeks, to pay sex abuse claims or risk defaulting on its bankruptcy obligations … 22

• Abuse payments sap diocese fund, putting churches at risk

  August 31, 2010 in City on Page A1 The Catholic Diocese of Spokane is broaching a consequence of its bankruptcy once thought unthinkable – the sale of churches to pay victims of clergy sex abuse. New claims of … 10

• Diocese lawyer faces court action

  February 12, 2010 in City on Page A7 An attorney for the Catholic Diocese of Spokane faces a contempt of court hearing for allegedly threatening a bankruptcy trustee with a personal lawsuit. The hearing involving attorney Greg Arpin … 6

• O’Donnell settles sex cases, avoids trial

  November 11, 2008 in City on Page B1 The former Catholic priest involved in many of the child sex abuse allegations in Spokane has agreed to pay his victims $5 million to avoid a trial that was scheduled …