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Criminal

Apr. 15, 2005

Clergy Abuse Damages

SAN FRANCISCO - A jury awarded nearly $2 million Wednesday to two brothers molested by a Roman Catholic priest while serving as altar boys in Oakland in 1980s - far less than the approximately $27 million their attorney had demanded.

        SAN FRANCISCO - A jury awarded nearly $2 million Wednesday to two brothers molested by a Roman Catholic priest while serving as altar boys in Oakland in 1980s - far less than the approximately $27 million their attorney had demanded.
        After deliberating for less than one day, the Hayward jury of 10 women and two men granted $875,000 in compensatory damages and $875,000 in punitive...

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