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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas

New Orleans Catholic high school agrees to second payout over child sexual abuse accusations

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Jesuit high school in New Orleans. Photograph: Google Maps

For the second time in as many months, a prominent Catholic high school in New Orleans recently agreed to pay an out-of-court settlement to resolve a lawsuit claiming child molestation decades earlier by a janitor at the institution.

Both the plaintiff and Jesuit high school struck the agreement ahead of a late September trial date in the city’s civil district courthouse, according to 27 July legal filings reviewed by the Guardian.

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