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Abuse survivors accept $800 million settlement with Archdiocese of New York, lawyers say

About 1,300 survivors of clergy sexual abuse have agreed to an $800 million settlement with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, their lawyers announced on Saturday.

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Priest dies after falling wooden crucifix strikes him during livestreamed Mass in Ecuador

Father Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari died on Saturday after a large wooden crucifix fell and struck him during a Mass broadcast live from a church in Guayaquil, Ecuador.