The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will pay nearly $10m to settle four clergy sex abuse cases.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, after years of legal battles, has released files of priests accused of molesting children and removed a top clergyman who had been linked to efforts to conceal the abuse.

VICTIMS of clerical sex abuse in the United States have claimed that a€478 million settlement by the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will not make the pain end for victims.

PEOPLE who say they were sexually abused by priests could receive more than $1.5 billion in damages — $3.1 million per claimant - from the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles — more than any other US diocese has paid.

THE Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles — America’s largest — released a detailed study yesterday on child sex abuse by its clergy since 1930, reporting the highest number of claims against a US diocese to date.