Home›Sources›Salesian Order Settles L.A. Archdiocese Priest Abuse Case for $19.5 Million (Los Angeles Times, 2008)SourcesSalesian Order Settles L.A. Archdiocese Priest Abuse Case for $19.5 Million (Los Angeles Times, 2008)Los Angeles Times, 2008Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Salesian Order Settles L.A. Archdiocese Priest Abuse Case for $19.5 Million (Los Angeles Times, 2008)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/salesian-order-settles-la-abuse-case-19-5-million-2008.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Salesian Order Settles L.A. Archdiocese Priest Abuse Case for $19.5 Million (Los Angeles Times, 2008). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/salesian-order-settles-la-abuse-case-19-5-million-2008Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-salesian-order-settles-l-a-archdiocese-p, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Salesian Order Settles L.A. Archdiocese Priest Abuse Case for $19.5 Million (Los Angeles Times, 2008)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/salesian-order-settles-la-abuse-case-19-5-million-2008}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXLos Angeles Times reporting by Richard Winton, 15 May 2008. The Salesian Society (Salesians of Don Bosco) settled the final Los Angeles Archdiocese era priest abuse lawsuit against it for 19.5 million dollars, split among 17 plaintiffs, just after a jury had been seated in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The suit centered on Father Titian Miani, accused of abusing children in Italy and Canada before the Salesians assigned him to St John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California, in the 1960s. The Salesians were the only religious order active in the Los Angeles Archdiocese that had declined to join the Archdiocese's own 660 million dollar settlement with abuse victims in 2007, instead litigating and settling this case separately.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedRichard WintonPublisherWell-attestedLos Angeles TimesPublication YearWell-attested2008URLWell-attestedhttps://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2008/05_06/2008_05_15_Winton_SalesiansSettle.htmSource TypeWell-attestednewsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Tier 2: contemporaneous major daily newspaper reporting on the settlement's own court filing, the same tier this atlas already gives the Irish Times' and Skagit Valley Herald's reporting on the Christian Brothers' and Jesuits' own settlement figures.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithCalifornia, States & Territories Well-attested This source names California directly: "John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California, in the 1960s."Source Salesian Order Settles L.A. Archdiocese Priest Abuse Case for $19.5 Million (Los Angeles Times, 2008)Richard Wintontier 2Canada, Countries Well-attested This source names Canada directly: "of abusing children in Italy and Canada before the Salesians assigned him to St John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California, in the 1960s."Source Salesian Order Settles L.A. Archdiocese Priest Abuse Case for $19.5 Million (Los Angeles Times, 2008)Richard Wintontier 2Los Angeles, Cities Well-attested This source names Los Angeles directly: "Los Angeles Times reporting by Richard Winton, 15 May 2008."Source Salesian Order Settles L.A. Archdiocese Priest Abuse Case for $19.5 Million (Los Angeles Times, 2008)Richard Wintontier 2SourcesSalesian Order Settles L.A. Archdiocese Priest Abuse Case for $19.5 Million (Los Angeles Times, 2008)tier 2Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 2008View the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds.Organizations, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested8OrganizationsSalesians (Salesians of Don Bosco)SourcesSalesian Order Settles L.A. Archdiocese Priest Abuse Case for $19.5 Million (Los Angeles Times, 2008)Holds3SourcesSalesian Order Settles L.A. Archdiocese Priest Abuse Case for $19.5 Million (Los Angeles Times, 2008)General References1OrganizationsSalesians (Salesians of Don Bosco)Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year