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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

• Boys’ Ranch reaches deal

  May 26, 2012 in City on Page A1 Nineteen lawsuits against the Morning Star Boys’ Ranch have been settled, part of a larger settlement that’s expected to sew shut all of the outstanding legal issues surrounding the clergy … 20

• 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 …

• Morning Star joins diocese in mediation effort

  December 9, 2010 in City 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 …

• DSHS settles abuse case from ’70s for $1.7 million

  October 12, 2010 in City on Page A8 A Spokane man molested in the 1970s after being placed as a foster child in the home of a convicted child molester will be paid $1.7 million by the state …

• 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

• Rulings upheld in boys ranch case

  June 9, 2010 in City on Page A6 A state appeals court panel has declined to review a judge’s decision to limit the number of witnesses who may testify in the second child sex abuse lawsuit against Morning …

• Former resident sues Morning Star

  May 27, 2010 in City on Page A6 An Alaska man is suing Morning Star Boys’ Ranch, claiming that he was sexually abused nearly 30 years ago by the ranch’s former director, as well as by other residents. …

• Morning Star suit awaiting ruling

  May 7, 2010 in City on Page A8 A lawsuit against Morning Star Boys’ Ranch by a former resident who claims to have been abused there has been stayed by the state Court of Appeals while that court …

• Court delays Morning Star trial pending review

  May 6, 2010 in City A lawsuit against Morning Star Boys’ Ranch by a former resident who claims to have been abused there has been stayed by the state Court of Appeals while that court …

• Boys ranch trial delayed one week

  April 30, 2010 in City on Page A7 A Spokane County Superior Court judge agreed on Thursday to delay trial of the second child sex abuse lawsuit against Morning Star Boys’ Ranch for one week while the state … 1

• Appeal in Morning Star case targets witness ruling

  April 28, 2010 in City on Page A5 With jury selection set to begin Monday in the second Morning Star Boys’ Ranch sex abuse lawsuit, attorneys for a former ranch resident are seeking to delay the trial while … 1

• Spokane diocese paid boys ranch accusers

  March 12, 2010 in City on Page A1 Although a jury last month rejected Kenneth Putnam’s sex abuse allegations against Morning Star Boys’ Ranch, the Catholic Diocese of Spokane had already paid Putnam a settlement worth hundreds of … 18

• Jury clears Morning Star in first sex abuse lawsuit

  February 13, 2010 in City on Page A1 A unanimous jury ruled against plaintiff Kenneth Putnam on Friday, handing victory to Morning Star Boys’ Ranch in the first of 19 sex abuse lawsuits to go to trial. Putnam, … 3

• Jury decides in favor of Morning Star

  February 12, 2010 in City A jury today found against plaintiff Kenneth Putnam in the first of 19 lawsuits against Morning Star Boys’ Ranch scheduled for trial in Spokane County Superior Court. 6

• 2 jurors removed from Boys’ Ranch case

  February 11, 2010 in City Two jurors will be removed from deliberations in the Morning Star Boys’ Ranch sexual abuse case because of misconduct. Two alternate jurors will be brought in.

• Jury deliberates abuse case

  February 10, 2010 in City on Page A5 Jurors in the Morning Star Boys’ Ranch trial began deliberations Tuesday afternoon after opposing attorneys tried to define the case as all about accountability or all about profit. “This case … 2

• Morning Star abuse case goes to jurors

  February 9, 2010 in City Jurors in the Morning Star Boys’ Ranch trial began deliberations Tuesday afternoon after opposing attorneys tried to define the case as all about accountability or all about profit. 4

• Defense questions accuser

  February 9, 2010 in City on Page A5 Attorneys defending Morning Star Boys’ Ranch rested their case on Monday after bringing the ranch’s accuser, Kenneth Putnam, to the stand in the civil trial’s last day of testimony. Closing …

• Accuser takes the stand again in Morning Star trial

  February 8, 2010 in City Attorneys defending Morning Star Boys’ Ranch rested their case on Monday after bringing the ranch’s accuser, Kenneth Putnam, to the stand in the civil trial’s last day of testimony. 1

• Former ranch director denies abuse allegations

  February 5, 2010 in City on Page A1 The Rev. Joseph Weitensteiner said Thursday that he would sometimes get angry during his 52-year career at Morning Star Boys’ Ranch, but that he “never, never” sexually abused the boys … 1

• Ex-ranch director denies abuse allegations

  February 4, 2010 in News The Rev. Joseph Weitensteiner said Thursday that he would sometimes get angry during his 52-year career at Morning Star Boys’ Ranch, but that he “never, never” sexually abused the boys … 2

• Lawyer refutes payoff claim

  February 3, 2010 in City on Page A5 A former attorney for Morning Star Boys’ Ranch rebutted the testimony of a witness who said the ranch’s former director paid him to keep quiet about alleged abuse in the … 1

• Former ranch lawyer denies hearing about alleged payoff

  February 2, 2010 in News A former attorney for Morning Star Boys’ Ranch rebutted the testimony of a witness who said the ranch’s former director paid him to keep quiet about alleged abuse in the … 1

• Testimony contests abuse claim

  February 2, 2010 in City on Page A8 A former resident of Morning Star Boys’ Ranch testified Monday that Kenneth Putnam was motivated by financial gain in suing the ranch for alleged abuse. Spokane County Superior Court jurors … 7

• Defense suggests financial motive in Morning Star suit

  February 1, 2010 in City, News A former resident of Morning Star Boys’ Ranch testified Monday that Kenneth Putnam was motivated by financial gain in suing the ranch for alleged abuse. 1

• Putnam often combative, witness says

  January 29, 2010 in City on Page A11 A former Morning Star Boys’ Ranch employee and close friend of a counselor accused of abusing a former ranch resident testified Thursday that he never saw inappropriate conduct. Ray Roberts, …

• Witness says ranch knew of abuser

  January 28, 2010 in City on Page A6 Attorneys for a former Morning Star Boys’ Ranch resident rested their civil case in Spokane County Superior Court on Wednesday after bringing to the stand an 84-year-old woman who testified … 2

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