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He was also removed from fundraising duties as vicar of development for the diocese.

Bradley Zint, a spokesperson for the Diocese of Orange, said in an email that the diocese is “currently unable to provide comment and has not yet been served with the complaint.”

Curry suggested to Mahony that the diocese prevent the priests from seeing therapists who might alert authorities and that they give the priests out-of-state assignments to avoid a criminal investigation.

The settlements have been financially crushing for Catholic dioceses across the country.

He doesn’t earn a salary and lives off his diocese retirement and special collections.