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DIOCESE/State
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San Diego CA: The archdiocese of San
Diego is paying nearly $200 million to settle sexual
abuse cases, per an announcement that came late Friday
afternoon, Sept. 7. Union
Tribune coverage notes that “$198.1
million will be paid to 144 abuse victims whose allegations
date from 1938 to 1993. The Roman Catholic Diocese
of San Diego also will release records of perpetrators. The
payments: $107 million from the San Diego
diocese. Catholic Mutual, the main insurance carrier,
will pay $76 million. The San Bernardino diocese, which
was once part of the San Diego diocese, will pay $15
million. The awards: Average payout
will be $1.38 million per person for lawsuits filed
in 2003.”
The Los Angeles settlement has triggered a calendar
watch – California law has a built-in delay for settlement documents. All parties
to the agreement must review and sign off on all the documents
before their release. So despite the settlement, survivors and supporters must
remain vigilant to keep the process
moving.
- For details and the VOTF National statement on the settlement, go to
the VOTF website and
to the VOTF Northern California website for
extensive coverage; also, BishopAccountability.org’s publication
the “The Monitor” offers “Eight Quick Points about the
LA Settlement."
- The toll of the collapse in Los Angeles of pastoral responsibility and
accountability in the archdiocese is just beginning to be felt by what
one woman religious called “the little people.” See “Priests
Pray, Sisters Pay” in the Santa
Barbara Independent. Also,
see “Robin, you were only a kid” in Commentary, following “A
Victim No More” by Bob Schwiderski.
Cleveland OH: The archdiocese is facing additional disgrace
as a former assistant treasurer of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
is on trial, accused of taking part in widespread financial mismanagement and
looting of church funds. See New
York Times coverage and Catholic
World News.
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