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College to buy archdiocese site

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From Times Wire Reports

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston will sell its 90-year-old headquarters for $65 million to free up money for settlements linked to a scandal over pedophile priests.

Boston College will buy 18 acres of land and buildings from the archdiocese, whose administrative center will move from Boston’s Brighton district to suburban Braintree, the archdiocese said.

The archdiocese, faced with a $93-million bill to settle cases involving about 1,000 sex-abuse victims, has shut more than 60 churches to raise money.

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