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LOS ANGELES - A woman who said she was sexually victimised by seven Roman Catholic priests and had a baby by one of them received a US$500,000 ($663,000) settlement from the Los Angeles archdiocese.
Rita Milla, now 46, was awarded the payment at the office of her attorney Gloria Allred in Los Angeles.
Milla's case against the archdiocese was first filed in 1984.
A state court found in 2003 that Roman Catholic priest Valentine Tugade fathered Milla's daughter.
Another priest, Rev Santiago Tamayo, admitted he had sex with Milla and publicly apologised years before his death in 1999.
The payment was part of a US$660 million global settlement the diocese reached collectively with past abuse victims.
Cardinal Roger Mahony said in a statement announcing a partial disbursement of those funds on Tuesday that the archdiocese will continue efforts to protect children and prevent sexual abuse.
- AP
