May 9 (UPI) — Ohio State University will pay more than $40 million to 162 former students who said a team doctor abused them over two decades, the school announced. The $40.9 million settlement announced Friday will be split among victims of Dr. Richard Strauss, a university-employed doctor, who died in 2005. The abuse happened between 1978 and 1998. “The university of decades ago failed these individuals – our students, alumni and members of the Buckeye community,” President Michael Drake said. “Nothing can undo the wrongs of the past, but we must do what we can today to work toward restorative justice. “Our focus will always be on the survivors. We know it took great courage for them to come forward, and we are grateful.” The settlement comes one year after an independent investigatory report confirmed the allegations of abuse. Strauss was allowed to voluntarily retire in 1998 after the…
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