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For nearly three years, the two sides have battered each other with relentless legal filings in a New York court, and their war over who should pay at least hundreds of millions of dollars to sex abuse victims shows few signs of abating. Both accuse the other of an underhanded public relations campaign.

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Rival Websites Fuel NY Archdiocese-Chubb Feud Over Abuse Payouts

For nearly three years, the two sides have battered each other with relentless legal filings in a New York court, and their war over who should pay at least hundreds of millions of dollars to sex abuse victims shows few signs of abating. Both accuse the other of an underhanded public relations campaign.

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