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SEATTLE  — The Seattle Archdiocese has agreed to pay nearly $7 million to settle claims by six men who say priests sexually abused them when they were children. The Seattle Times reported that the Seattle Archdiocese admitted no wrongdoing as part of the latest settlements, all of which were paid within the past two months. The six men each claim they were victimized as children decades ago by priests assigned to churches and schools throughout Western Washington.

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