The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange County has reached a settlment with 87 victims of sexual abuse by priests and lay employees for a sum that reportedly would exceed the record $85 million paid by the Archdiocese of Boston last year.
The New York Times reported that the payment is at least 100 million. The record settlement will impact other dioceses facing clergy sex abuse lawsuits including the Archdiocese of Los Angelese, the nation’s largest, which faces 540 claims of clergy sex abuse.
In a statement, Bishop Tod D. Brown, said the settlement means “We have kept our commitment to the victims of these crimes by compensating them, with the help of our insurers, at a level that is, in our view, significant, generous and compassionate.”
All of the claims settled in Orange County happened before Bishop Brown took over the diocese in 1998.
Brown added: “We are ashamed that the crime of sexual abuse took place in our church and are determined that it will not happen again. I intend to send each victim a personal letter seeking forgiveness and reconciliation.”.
(via The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange County)
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Uhunoma Iyahen leonard // Feb 19, 2005 at 8:54 am
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Theresa Artim // Jun 30, 2005 at 8:15 am
Ever wonder why D.H. is so maniacally bitter? His insecurity over a birth defect poisoned his social skills and kept him from any intimate relationship until age FORTY-SIX! Should D.H. simply acknowledge that his own awkward, shamefilled uncertainties were the poison of his earlier social life and ‘wasted’ virile youth? NO! It must be SOMEONE ELSE’S FAULT! BOO HOO! Get over it, you whiner!
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