The May 2003 settlement of 61 abuse claims for $6.5 million handled by Manchester attorney Ovide M. Lamontagne as counsel for the Manchester Diocese prevented the diocese from being criminally prosecuted.
He also unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2010.
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As an attorney for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester, Lamontagne negotiated the 2003 settlement of the New Hampshire Attorney General's investigation into the child sex abuse scandal that spared the diocese from being criminally charged.
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When incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Judd Gregg decided to retire instead of seeking re-election, Lamontagne ran for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate.
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