Sex abuse costs U.S. Catholic Church more than $1 billion
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The cost to the U.S. Roman Catholic Church of sexual predators in the priesthood has climbed past $1 billion.
And the figure is guaranteed to rise, probably by tens of millions of dollars, because hundreds more claims are pending.
Dioceses around the country have spent at least $1.06 billion on settlements with victims, verdicts, legal fees, counseling and other expenses since 1950. A $120 million compensation fund announced last week by the Diocese of Covington, Ky., pushed the figure past the billion-dollar mark.
A large share of the costs -- at least $378 million -- has been incurred in just the past three years, when the crisis erupted in the Boston archdiocese and spread nationwide.
Read the article at suntimes.com Dated June 10, 2005
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The cost to the U.S. Roman Catholic Church of sexual predators in the priesthood has climbed past $1 billion.
And the figure is guaranteed to rise, probably by tens of millions of dollars, because hundreds more claims are pending.
Dioceses around the country have spent at least $1.06 billion on settlements with victims, verdicts, legal fees, counseling and other expenses since 1950. A $120 million compensation fund announced last week by the Diocese of Covington, Ky., pushed the figure past the billion-dollar mark.
A large share of the costs -- at least $378 million -- has been incurred in just the past three years, when the crisis erupted in the Boston archdiocese and spread nationwide.
Read the article at suntimes.com Dated June 10, 2005
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