Archdiocese settles suit stemming from abuse decades ago: attorneys

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(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- There's an undisclosed settlement in a clergy sex-abuse lawsuit brought against the Chicago Archdiocese, and the allegations in the lawsuit go back to the 1960s.

The plaintiff in the case is identified as John Doe. He lived at Angel Guardian Orphanage in the late-1960s -- a now-closed home in the West Ridge neighborhood run partially by the Chicago Archdiocese.

The lawsuit says that when John Doe was between 7 and 10 years old, he was sexually abused by several people, including a priest and a seminarian. The abuse allegedly occurred in a priest's office, in a storage room and at a sleep-away camp called Camp Villa Marie.

Attorneys would not disclose the amount of the settlement.

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