 A Catholic religious order in the U.S. has agreed to pay $2.9 million to settle claims of sexual assault. A Catholic religious order in the U.S. has agreed to pay $2.9 million to settle claims of child sexual assault by a Catholic brother and former teacher, according to the Chicago Tribune Media outlet. It is noted that this allegedly continued, occurring after the student brought the claims to the attention of the upper administration at Mount Carmel High School. The settlement, with the order of the Carmelites, filed in September alleges that Brother Robert Murphy, a former teacher at Mount Carmel High School, sexually assaulted a boy more than a dozen times while he was a student at the school from 1982 to 1986. The settlement claims the student made a school disciplinarian aware of the abuse but that no action was taken against Murphy. Attorney Mark Brown said his client came to him after 30 years of suppressing the memories of the abuse he experienced at Mount Carmel. He was basically trapped, living his life, said Brown, managing partner at Lane Brown, LLC. He was the only one who knew what he was going through. The religious order removed Murphy from public ministry in 2002 after re-examining old allegations he had engaged in sexual misconduct with children in Georgia and at Mount Carmel during the 1970s and 80s. The Carmelites told the Chicago Tribune in 2002 that the review was done at the request of Murphy himself in light of the current national and international focus on the issue of sexual misconduct.