 In 2006 the Archdiocese settled a number of claims of sexual abuse, and the Archbishop offered a personal apology.Father James Porter was a Roman Catholic priest who was convicted of molesting 28 children; He admitted sexually abusing at least 100 of both sexes over a period of 30 years, starting in the 1960s.Bishop Sean O'Malley settled 101 abuse claims and initiated a zero-tolerance policy against sexual abuse.