Last plaintiff settles in church sex-abuse case

From the Seattle Times:

The only remaining plaintiff in a trial against the Seattle Archdiocese settled his case Tuesday evening for $700,000, after a morning of emotional testimony about his abuse and witnesses who included a retired archbishop, high-ranking church administrators and the abuser himself.

Attorney Timothy Kosnoff also said his client felt proud that he was able to take archdiocese leaders to court and that he got retired Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen to publicly “admit that mistakes were made.”

The 44-year-old Auburn man reached the settlement after an emotional morning of testimony about being abused at age 13 by former Spokane priest Patrick O’Donnell.