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1. Through a press statement to the secular media and through publication in The
Catholic Key, the Diocese will continue to publicly acknowledge the wrongfulness of
sexual abuse by the perpetrators, and will acknowledge that its own response to
reports of sexual abuse has, in the past, been wrong.

2. The Diocese will continue its long-standing offer to provide counseling to all
victims of sexual abuse and their immediate family members, at the expense of the
Diocese. The plaintiffs collectively shall appoint an individual of their choice to act as
an intermediary between plaintiffs and the Diocese in order to facilitate the provision of
independent therapy for any plaintiff for a maximum of twenty four (24) sessions.

3. The Diocese will not provide a reference or recommendation for purposes of
prospective employment with respect to any priest, nun, deacon, lay employee or
volunteer of the Diocese who has been credibly accused of sexual abuse. If the
Diocese receives a request for such a reference or recommendation, the Diocese will
respond that it will not provide such a reference or recommendation, except in the
case where a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse has been filed, in which case the Diocese
will inform the prospective employer of that fact.

4. The Diocese will provide a letter advising state licensed professional counseling
boards that Thomas Reardon has been the subject of lawsuits charging him with
sexual abuse and other misconduct involving minors, and that the Diocese is
therefore unable to provide a favorable reference or recommendation in connection
with any application by Reardon for a license to perform counseling services.

5. The Diocese acknowledges that Fr. Thomas O'Brien is performing no public
ministry, including the public administration of sacraments.

6. The Diocese will publish a pastoral statement that rites or sacraments performed or
administered by priests or deacons are not diminished, flawed or tainted because the
priest or deacon has been accused of misconduct.

7. The Bishop of the Diocese will send a letter to any plaintiff or member of plaintiff's
family who requests such a letter, apologizing for the harm caused by the abuse and
acknowledging that the plaintiff was not at fault for the abuse.

8. The Diocese and its representatives shall not refer to plaintiffs or other tort
claimants and their claims as "alleged" victims, "alleged" survivors, or "alleged"
claims.

9. The Diocese intends to initiate laicization procedures for former priests Thomas
Reardon, Hugh Monahan and Stephen Wise and will consult with canon lawyers
regarding these procedures.

10. The Diocese will continue to offer and implement a Victim Advocacy Program
consistent with VirtusTM guidelines, in order to maintain safe , strong communities for
children and vulnerable adults.

11. The name and contact information of the Diocesan Victim's Advocate will be
published on the Diocese's web site and will be included in parish bulletins along with
the names of parish staff.

12. The Missouri Abuse Hotline phone number shall be prominently posted in every
parish school, office and workplace.

13. The Diocese shall prominently display in each diocesan school a placard stating:
"The Abuse of the Spiritual, Emotional and Moral Development of the Young Men and
Women of [Name of School] shall not be tolerated." The placard will include the
telephone numbers of the Missouri Abuse Hotline, the local police department, and the
Diocesan Victim's Advocate.

14. The Diocese will continue to follow mandatory state reporting requirements and
VirtusTM guidelines in reporting the suspected sexual abuse of minors to law
enforcement and child protection authorities. At the request of the victim or other party
reporting childhood sexual abuse to the Diocese, the Diocese will report such abuse
to law enforcement and child protection authorities regardless of the age of the victim
at the time the report is made.

15. The Diocese will continue to require its priests, administrators, teachers, staff,
coaches, volunteers and students to complete the VirtusTM "Protecting God's
Children" training, or similar training performed and/or developed by outside
consultants, for the prevention of sexual abuse and harassment.

16. On or before December 31, 2008, the Diocese will adopt a whistle-blower policy
providing that the Diocese shall take no retaliatory action against any person who
reports in good faith the suspected sexual abuse of a minor by a priest, employee or
other representative of the Diocese.

17. The Diocese will not enforce the confidentiality provisions of any prior agreement
with a sexual abuse claimant who now or in the future desires to make his/her claim
public.

18. The Diocese has enacted policies concerning sexual assault, misconduct and
harassment including procedural steps that will be followed once reports are made
and to whom reports are to be made. The Diocese agrees to provide copies of those
policies to counsel for claimants.

19. The victims have requested that the Bishop of the Diocese personally visit any
parish where sexual abuse of minors occurred. The victims have further requested
that at these meetings the Bishop publicly identify the perpetrators, encourage other
victims to report the abuse, provide an opportunity for discussion with the audience,
and invite victims or their families to speak. The Bishop has stated that he will
consider this or some other process that will achieve the same goal.