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What the $16 Million Verdict Against the Oakland Diocese Means for Survivors in Alameda County, California You may have read about the verdict and felt two things at once. The first is validation — a jury of twelve people in Alameda County looked at what happened and said, in the clearest language the law provides, that sixteen million dollars is what this institution owes for what was done. The second is fear. Fear that it is too late for you. Fear that no one will believe you. Fear that coming forward means reliving something you have spent decades trying to bury. We understand that fear. It is the most common reason survivors never call. And it is the reason we want you to know, before anything else, that what you are feeling is normal — and that the law in California is more on your side than you may think. A jury in the Alameda County Superior Court returned a $16 million verdict against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland in what is known as a bellwether case — one of six closely watched lawsuits chosen to go first because their outcomes are expected to set the value anchors for…