An Associated Press wire report, republished by KPBS Public Media on 16 July 2007, on Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Haley Fromholz's approval of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles's 660 million dollar settlement the day after it was announced, naming the judge and confirming the settlement as the largest diocesan payout since the scandal emerged in Boston in 2002.
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Citation
AuthorAssociated Press
PublisherAssociated Press, republished by KPBS Public Media
Publication Year2007
URLhttps://www.kpbs.org/news/national/2007/07/16/los-angeles-court-approves-church-sex-abuse-settlement
Source Typenews
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Reliability tier 2: a national wire service report on a court's own approval of the settlement, corroborating the Los Angeles Times's figures independently rather than repeating them. NotesTier 2: independent wire confirmation of the settlement's court approval and presiding judge, cross checking the Los Angeles Times's figures against a separate newsroom's reporting of the same hearing.
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Associated With
Boston, Cities This source names Boston directly: "payout since the scandal emerged in Boston in 2002."
This source names Los Angeles directly: "KPBS Public Media on 16 July 2007, on Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Haley Fromholz's approval of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles's 660 million dollar settlement the day after it was..."
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)
This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
Well-attested
10Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
General References
1Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
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