Los Angeles Archdiocese- $660 Million to 550 Victims
Dallas Dioceses- $121 million to eleven victims
Bridgeport Diocese (New York)- $21 million to 40 victims
Santa Rosa Diocese- $5.4 million
Kentucky Archdiocese- $25.7 million to 243 victims
The total (there are many cases I did not list) comes to almost $2 billion in settlements in the United States alone.The church has actually obtained insurance for " any act of unlawful sexual intimacy, sexual molestation or sexual assault" up to $1 million from Evanston Insurance Company. The cost only comes out to about 2,500 per cleric a year! What a deal! This tactic appears to ensure a quick and quiet process. The only catch for the victim and their family is their silence. Now that doesn't seem too hard... does it? In recent years, the situation may seem like it has slowly dissipated, but the Catholic Church has merely figured out a fast and effective solution to covering up permanent damage.
Surprisingly, this has not emptied out the pockets of the church; they still have $15 billion in assets. Besides the sexual abuse education videos, the Church has taken insufficient action to rid itself of this disgusting behavior. Though the issue appears much less in contemporary news, priests are still violating young children. What step can the church take to permanently fix the ongoing situation? Weed out the bad apples and let them get married.
Though it doesn't have to do with this specific post, this is one of my favorite cartoons.
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