Chicago archdiocese settles another child sex abuse case for $3.2 million - others pending

[moobu2]

The Chicago archdiocese and Cardinal Francis George knew about the priest molesting children and didn't do a damn thing to stop it

(Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has agreed to a $3.2 million settlement with a man abused by a priest when he was a student at a parish school, lawyers for the victim said Tuesday.

The priest, Daniel McCormack, pleaded guilty in 2007 to abusing five boys and was sentenced to five years in prison.

The settlement involved one of the five victims, who was abused between the ages of 10 and 12 while a student at a parish school. He is now 18, according to his attorney, William Martin.

"It's a sad case all around but we're happy we can settle it and get some closure for him and some acknowledgment of the abuse he suffered and the pain he suffered," Martin said. "He can get on with his life."

Child abuse controversies have rocked the Catholic Church in many countries in the last decade, and the church in the United States has paid out some $2 billion in settlements, bankrupting a handful of dioceses.

Martin said the Chicago archdiocese and Cardinal Francis George had failed to remove McCormack from access to children although they had knowledge that the priest had sexually abused minors.

[OneBlueSky]

1. does anyone know the total amount that the Catholic Church . . .

and its various dioceses and archdioceses have paid out to sexual assault victims over the past couple decades? . . . it must be an enormous sum . . .

[moobu2]

2. The portion of the article I quoted says $2 billion

Church insurance has paid a lot of that though.

[rug]

4. According to one source, $2,500,000,000 in the U.S alone.

http://www.bishop-accountability.org/settlements/

God knows what to multiply that by to come up with a worldwide figure.

[zbdent]

3. I say that Italy needs to use "eminent domain" on the Vatican, citing that

they have failed to report child sex abusers to the authorities ...

seizing all that gold would probably cure Italy's (and probably the Eurozone's) financial crisis ...