BOSTON (AP) – A Texas man who claims he was sexually abused by a priest from Massachusetts has reached a settlement with the dioceses of Fort Worth, Texas, and Worcester, Mass., that includes a $2.75 million payout from the Fort Worth Diocese, the parties said Friday.

The settlement will be paid for by the Fort Worth Diocese and its insurers, the Texas diocese said in a statement. The diocese settled on the advice of its lawyers to avoid the “uncertainty of litigation and the related costs,” the statement said.

The Worcester Diocese bears no financial responsibility in the settlement, according to a statement from Bishop Robert J. McManus.

The alleged victim, now 27 years old and identified only as John Doe II in court documents, claims the Rev. Thomas Teczar sexually abused him during his time as pastor of St. Rita’s Church in Ranger, Texas, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Ranger, a town of about 2,500 people, is 100 miles west of Fort Worth.

“No amount of money can adequately compensate my client for the loss of his childhood innocence, and the demons he will contend with for the rest of his life,” said Tahira Khan Merritt, John Doe II’s lawyer. “Nevertheless, the settlement does assign accountability and assess consequences.”

Teczar, 64, who now lives in Dudley, Mass., and who served as a priest in the Worcester Diocese until the mid-1980s, has denied the allegations. He did not immediately return a telephone call from The Associated Press on Friday.

John Doe II, and another plaintiff, known as John Doe I, claimed in their lawsuits that the Worcester Diocese had conspired to move Teczar out of state in order to avoid legal troubles in Massachusetts. The Worcester Diocese has in the past settled with people alleging sexual abuse by Teczar.

John Doe I settled his lawsuit in late March for $1.4 million, paid by the Fort Worth Diocese and its insurers, with the Worcester Diocese bearing no financial responsibility.

Teczar is still a priest but has been barred from performing any priestly duties since 1984, according to McManus. Teczar still faces four counts of child sexual assault in Texas in a criminal case scheduled to go to trial this summer. He is currently free on $30,000 bond.