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Washington Post: Sexual abuse by priests has cost the Catholic Church in the United States more than $1 billion, a figure guaranteed to rise -- possibly by tens of millions of dollars -- because of hundreds of still unsettled claims. Tallies by American bishops and an Associated Press review of known settlements put the actual pricetag at $1.06 billion.

The money was used by dioceses to pay settlements with victims, legal fees, counseling and other expenses since 1950, the AP found. A $120 million compensation fund announced last week by the Diocese of Covington, Ky., pushed the total past the billion-dollar mark.

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