Los Angeles ( CNN ) -- Four California men allegedly victimized in clerical sex abuse have settled their lawsuits against their former priest , the Los Angeles Archdiocese and Cardinal Roger Mahony for almost $ 10 million , their attorneys said Tuesday . The priest , no longer in the clergy , abused the boys on several occasions dating back to the 1970s , including during overnight trips to San Diego and Riverside counties , the attorneys said . The priest pleaded guilty to molesting boys in 2007 and was released in 2011 with credit for time served , the attorneys said . Four civil lawsuits were filed separately by two brothers and two other people , and the plaintiffs reached a settlement this month with the church and Mahony , said attorney Vince Finaldi of Irvine , California . None of the plaintiffs was a victim in the criminal case against the priest , but a third brother of the two sibling plaintiffs was a victim , Finaldi said . Abuse victims ' group names preferred picks for new pope . J. Michael Hennigan , an attorney for the archdiocese , confirmed the settlement of $ 9.9 million with the four men who alleged the former priest , Michael Baker , was their abuser . `` We accepted responsibility for all of Michael Baker 's misconduct , and the issue with respect to these cases was trying to find an acceptable number to resolve the cases , '' Hennigan told CNN . Baker could n't be immediately reached for comment Tuesday . He and Mahony are identified as defendants in one of the lawsuits , Finaldi said . Though the other three lawsuits do n't list Baker and Mahony as defendants , Finaldi said they are indeed defendants . Under California procedural requirements , defendants are not listed by name in suits filed by sex abuse plaintiffs older than age 26 , Finaldi said . Mahony is in Rome as part of the cardinals ' conclave voting for a new pope . None of the 115 cardinals is reachable during that voting process . Early Tuesday morning , Mahony sent out his last pre-conclave message on his Twitter account before he and the other cardinals took an oath of secrecy in the Sistine Chapel . The cardinals reside at Casa Santa Martha in the Vatican during the conclave . `` Last tweet before moving to Casa Santa Martha , and Mass to Elect a Pope . First Conclave meeting late Tuesday afternoon . Prayers needed , '' Mahony wrote . Tod Tamberg , an archdiocese representative with Mahony in Rome , referred all inquiries to Hennigan . The four lawsuits alleged that Mahony knew of Baker 's sexual abuse of boys and allowed him to continue to serve as a priest , Finaldi said . Baker 's files as a priest were among the 12,000 pages of documents that the archdiocese released earlier this year about how it handled allegations of sexual abuse by priests . `` Those files show that they knew exactly who Baker was and what he was doing , '' Finaldi said . The lawsuits filed by the two brothers were scheduled for trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court on April 9 , but then a settlement was reached , Finaldi said . The plaintiffs ' attorneys have scheduled a Los Angeles news conference on Thursday during which one of the plaintiffs will publicly identify himself and make a statement , Finaldi said . Each plaintiff is identified as a `` John Doe '' with different middle initials in the lawsuits . The four settlements range from $ 995,000 to $ 4 million , the attorneys said . The settlements total $ 9,990,000 , the attorneys said in a statement . CNN 's Richard Greene in Rome and Erica Henry contributed to this report .
Archdiocese says it has `` accepted responsibility '' for misconduct of former priest Michael Baker . Four men allege they were molested as boys by Baker dating back to the 1970s . The four men sue the Los Angeles Archdiocese and Cardinal Roger Mahony . Mahony is in Rome as part of the cardinals ' conclave voting for a new pope .