Seattle Archdiocese Settles Four More Cases Of Alleged Sexual Abuse

Seattle, Washington --

The Seattle Archdiocese has agreed to pay 1-point-7 million dollars to settle four more cases of alleged sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests.

The settlements, announced yesterday, involve two men and two women who said they were molested by priests Gerald Moffat and Edmund Boyle.

One of the men, Jeff Alfieri, committed suicide in the parking lot of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Bellevue two years ago. He claimed Moffat abused him on church trips when he was a boy in the 1970s. His beneficiaries will receive 600-thousand dollars in the settlement.

Moffat is no longer in the ministry. He was placed on leave when allegations against him began to surface.

In the other cases, three siblings -- two women and a man identified only by initials -- said they were abused by Boyle in the 1950s, when he worked at the Saint James School in Seattle.

Boyle has died. The siblings will receive 1-point-1 million dollars.

Read the article at KIROTV.com Dated June 11, 2005

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