Settlements in Catholic Clergy Abuse Cases

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Payment 5,000 - Sexual gestures against physical or mental integrity. 7,500 - For touching one's genitals. 25,000 - In case of rape. 100,000 - For atrocious, continuous and prolonged abuse resulting in permanent trauma. Crime Committed by Priests, Nuns, Bishops or Catholic Church Officials "The outrageous pricelist of payments based on type of Abuse by catholic priests, looks like a menu in which every crime has a compensation price according to which abuse youve endured. As if this repulsive, inhuman act of the catholic church wasnt enough, theyve decided to condition the compensation to victims, only if the aggressors confesses the crime committed! " http://www.allvoices.com/news/11109480-inquiry-thousands-abused-in-catholic-institutions "Compensation authority for criminal injuries " (CICA) of Scotland gave government payments to 18 former residents of orphanages run by the Congregation of the Poor Sisters of Nazareth during the years 1960-1980. These children were victims of multiple physical, sexual and moral abuse, such as eating their own vomit. ( 1 = $ 1.64 US ) http://www.rickross.com/reference/clergy/clergy564.html "Sisters of Mercy" pay compensation for thousands of children who suffered sexual, physical and emotional abuse in boarding schools, orphanages and other Catholic institutions directed by this order (1 Euro = $ 1.86) http://www.radiobiobio.cl/2009/12/03/monjas-irlandesas-anuncian-pago-de-129-millones-de-euros-para-compensar-aninos-abusados-y-maltratados/ 161 million ($ 240 million dollars) Ireland Religious order of the "Christian Brothers" pay compensation to its many victims of abuse in Irish institutions and reformatories. (1 USD = 0.6708 Euro) http://lta.reuters.com/article/topNews/idLTASIE5AO13020091125 Negotiated with the Irish government for allegations of abuse immunity in exchange for 127 million Euros in cash and real estate (1 Euro = $ 1.45) http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20090526/los-hermanos-cristianos-irlanda-elevaran-sus-compensaciones-por-los-abusossexuales/278776.shtml Irish High Court requires the government to pay compensation of 800,000 to 3 victims of the San Jose orphanage in Dublin http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20090526/los-hermanos-cristianos-irlanda-elevaran-sus-compensaciones-por-los-abusossexuales/278776.shtml An Italian court has ordered a priest and his parish to pay 700,000 compensation after he spent years sexually abusing a girl. The diocese has now been ordered to pay 500,000 to his victim and 100,000 to each of her parents http://www.thelocal.it/20130829/priest-must-pay-700000-over-alleged-child-abuse Compensation Payments made by the Vatican in over 20 countries $ 4 Billion Dollars 20 Countries http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2010/03/18/index.php?section=politica&article=021n1pol $19.5 million USA The Salesian Society agreed Wednesday to pay $19.5 million to 17 childhood molestation victims http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2008/05_06/2008_05_15_Winton_SalesiansSettle.htm $ 1.6 Million USA Christian Brothers give compensation of $ 1.6 millons to victims sexually abused by priest Samuel Martnez http://www.protegeatushijos.org/inicio/2012/1/24/orden-catolica-hermanos-cristianos-pagan-us-16-millones-a-vi.html

Country

Holland

60 thousand pounds of sterling ($ 99 thousand dollars)

Scotland

$ 240 million dollars ( 129 million Euros)

Ireland

127 Millon ($ 184.1 Millon dollars)

Ireland

800 Billion ($ 1.5 Millon dollars)

Ireland

700,000.00

Italy

$2 Million

USA

The Diocese of Memphis reached a $2 million settlement with a man who was abused as a boy by Father Juan Carlos Duran, a priest with a history of sexual misconduct with juveniles in St. Louis, Panama, and Bolivia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_sex_abuse_cases_by_country Since 1966, the Archdiocese of Miami Insurance Programs have paid $26.1 million in settlement, legal, and counseling costs associated with sexual misconduct allegations made by minors involving priests, laity and religious brothers and sisters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_sex_abuse_cases_by_country#cite_note-72

$26.1 Million

USA

$26.5 Million

USA

By early 2009, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee had spent approximately $26.5 million in attorney fees and settlements. http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1881861,00.html The Catholic Diocese of Savannah payed more than $4 million to the victim of an abusive former priest in order to avoid going to trial. http://savannahnow.com/news/2009-10-29/diocese-pay-4m-abuse The archdiocese had settled more than one hundred previous claims for a sum of over $53 million. Plaintiffs in the cases against the archdiocese have argued that the Catholic Church is a single entity, and that the Vatican should be liable for any damages awarded in judgment of pending sexual abuse cases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_scandal_in_Portland_archdiocese The Fairbanks Catholic Diocese has agreed to almost $10 million settlement with almost 300 victims of clergy abuse. The announcement was made in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Nov. 24.

$4.24 Million

USA

$53 Million

USA

$10 Million

USA

$12 million

USA

Jan 15 Charleston, SC priests. Bishop Robert J. Baker agreed to pay Under Bishop William S. Skylstad the Diocese of Spokane declared bankruptcy in December 2004. As part of its bankruptcy, the diocese has agreed to pay at least $48 million as compensation. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6232947.stm The Diocese of Tucson filed for bankruptcy in September, 2004. It reached an agreement with plaintiffs, which the bankruptcy judge approved on June 11, 2005, specifying terms that included allowing the diocese reorganization to continue in return for a $22.2 million settlement 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 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/16/us-usa-crime-catholic-settlement-idUSTRE7AF03H20111116

$48 Million

USA

$22.2 Million

USA

$3.2 Million

USA

$ 100 Million

USA

A judge sentenced to pay 100 million dollars in compensation to victim of sexual abuse by catholic priest Neil Doherty. http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F% 2Ftrome.pe%2Factualidad%2F1331618%2Fnoticia-indemnizan-victima-cura-pedofilo Sexual abuse scandal in the United States cost the Catholic Church more than $ 3 billion http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hdducl7hQD0r8S2o6nYLmitBXR2w Diocese of Portland pays compensation to 175 victims of sexual abuse by priests http://www.spokesmanreview.com/sections/diocese/?ID=184580 Diocese of Portland pays compensation to 175 victims of sexual abuse by priests and more than 50 years of covering up abuses by the same diocese

$ 3 Billion

USA

$ 75 Million

USA

$ 120 Millon

USA http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=37603 Diocese of Delaware is seeking support from insurance companies and other parishes to pay $ 75,000 to each of the 151 victims of sexual abuse by a total of $ 11.3 billion http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-09-24/delaware-diocese-s-payment-plan-rejected-by-victims.html

$ 11 Billion

USA

$198 Million

USA

San Diego Clergy pay compensation to 144 victims of sexual abuse http://impreso.milenio.com/node/7115095

$ 660 Million

USA

Archdiocese of Los Angeles paid $ 660 million to 508 victims of sexual abuse by priests http://www.comayala.es/Articulos/pederastas/losangeles.htm

$ 166.1 Million

USA

Jesuits in Oregon pay compensation to 524 victims of child sexual abuse by priests in 5 states http://www.paradisecafediscussions.net/showthread.php?tid=7474 Diocese of Oakland agreed to pay $ 56 million to 56 victims of sexual harassment by Catholic priests

$ 56 Million

USA http://mensual.prensa.com/mensual/contenido/2005/08/07/hoy/mundo/301906.html

$ 8 Million

USA

Archdiocese of Chicago paid to 15 victims of abusive priests http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news/2003_10_03_Ciokajlo_15Cases.htm Diocese of Orange will spend 74 million Euros to almost a hundred victims who reported the harassment. (1 Euro = $ 1.45) http://www.elpais. com/articulo/sociedad/obispado/California/paga/74/millones/abusos/sacerdotes/elpepisoc/20050105elpepisoc_4/Tes Diocese of Pensylvannia pay compensation to victims of sexual abuse when they were children by a Catholic priest.

$ 107 Million ( 74 Million Euros)

USA

$ 3 Million

USA http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i5j8IDTYJftU9zcsGFd0w_rFTUZw Diocese of Orange has paid compensation to 37 year old woman who became pregnant when raped by a popular priest when she was 15, who later paid for her abortion. http://www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/ethics/priest.htm

$ 2.25 Million

USA

$ 17.6 Million

USA

Diocese of Vermont pays compensation by 26 allegations of sexual abuse by priests http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100514/NEWS02/100513034/Diocese-priest-abuse-victims-reach-17.65million-settlement Diocese of Kansas City reached a settlement with 47 victims of sexual abuse to compensate them with a total of $ 10 million http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_print.php?id=29792&s=kk985ac6xf3e3psliw5omn5bofb1nfw9

$ 10 Million

USA

$ 157 Million

USA

Diocese of Boston paid to victims of sexual abuse by its priests http://www.whale.to/b/catholic1.html The Vatican paid compensation to victims of pedophile priests in Boston http://www.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/stories5/091003_settlement.htm Archdiocese of Seattle paid compensation to two victims of sexual abuse during the 50's. One victim who was abused by the Rev. Edward Boyle in the parish of the Immaculate Conception for 11 years from 1956 was $ 270 thousand dollars and the second, who was abused by the Rev. James Knellekan of the parish of St. Catherine , received $ 110 thousand dollars http://www.spokesmanreview.com/sections/diocese/?ID=216740

$ 85 Million

USA

$ 380 Thousand

USA

$ 10 Million ( 7.7 Million )

USA

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay compensations to four victims of sexual abuse by priests http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20130313/iglesia-angeles-pagara-casi-10-millones-dolares-cuatro-victimas-abusosexual/616365.shtml

50000

Slovenia

The Maribor District Court has ruled that the Slovenian Catholic Church has to pay a EUR 50,000 in compensation to a woman who was sexually abused almost 20 years ago as a 7-year-old by late priest Karl Jot. http://www.vaticancrimes.us/2011/12/slovenia-catholic-church-ordered-to-pay.html

120 million

Germany

800,000 Children abused in catholic and protestan run institutions during 50s, 60s and 70s in West Germany http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-admits-enslaving-and-abusing-a-generation-of-children2159589.html

3.1 million

Netherland

Catholic church has paid 3.1m to abuse victims http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/03/catholic_church_has_paid_31m_t.php

$ 3 Million

New Zealand

"Brothers of St. John of God" pay compensation to victims of sexual abuse from 2003-2007 http://www.eurekaencyclopedia.com/index.php/Category:St._John_of_God_Brothers_Abuse The order of "Brothers of St. John of God" has since paid about $5 million in compensation relating to about 200 abuse claims in New Zealand http://www.smh.com.au/national/brothers-accused-of-abuse-at-school-for-disabled-20121109-293eo.html

$5 million

New Zealand

30000 $

New Zealand

The St. John of God order payed money to keep silent the victims at Marylands, a Christchurch residential school for slow learners, for sexually abusing them during the late 1950s and early 1960s. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2077422.stm

700000 (837000 $)

Austria http://actualidad.rt.com/sociedad/view/86442-convento-austriaco-pagara-victimas-pederastia? utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=all

$ 11.9 Million

Australia

"Brothers of San Juan de Dios" pay compensation to victims of sexual abuse from 1995-2007 http://www.eurekaencyclopedia.com/index.php/Category:St._John_of_God_Brothers_Abuse The catholic church gives Hush Payments to abuse victims to keep them silent by being forced to sign a secret clause, after receiving compensation for abuse committed against them by a priests. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2035823.stm "Brothers of St. John of God" pay compensation to 24 mentally disabled sexually abused while in their care

Australia

$ 2.1 Million

Australia http://www.eurekaencyclopedia.com/index.php/Category:St._John_of_God_Brothers_Abuse A Colombian court orders the Catholic Church to pay $238,000 as compensation to the families of two victims of a pedophile priest http://colombiareports.com/church-ordered-to-pay-238000-to-child-abuse-victims-el-tiempo/

$ 238000

Colombia

$ 940,000

Brazil

Archbishop and the Diocese of So Joo da Boa Vista to pay compensation to a family for moral damages in the amount of R $ 940,000.00 http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F% 2Fg1.globo.com%2Fbrasil%2Fnoticia%2F2011%2F11%2Fcondenado-pagar-r-940-mil-familia-arcebispo-de-portoalegre-ataca-juizes.html 28000 Dollars cost the abuses of Marcial Maciel to the Legionaries of Christ http://www.excelsior.com.mx/2011/10/26/nacional/777327 29,000 will ultimately come forward with compensation cases for physical and sexual abuse suffered at Canadas native residential schools run by churches. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/cost-to-redress-native-residential-school-abuse-set-to-pass-5billion/article2242226/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&utm_source=Politics&utm_content=2242226

$ 28000

Mexico

$5-billion

Canada

$ 1.9 Billion

Canada

Compensation package paid to Aboriginal children removed from their communities and assimilated into Catholic residential institutions where they were tortured, raped and many were killed

$ 1.5 Million

Canada

An Ontario Catholic diocese, compensated 10 victims of sexual abuse

http://www.montrealgazette.com/...abuse+victims+million/.../story.html $ 1 Million Canada Christian Brothers paid a group of victims of sexual abuse at St. Joseph's Training School in Ottawa http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2004/01/30/settlement040130.html $ 7.5 Million Canada Christian Brothers paid to 230 victims of sexual abuse at St. Joseph's Training School in Ottawa http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2004/01/30/settlement040130.html $15 Million Canada 2009 - Diocese of Antigonish pay victims of sexual abuse by many priests in Nova Scotia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Cashel_Orphanage Archdiocese of St.John 's payed $ 18 Million to 9 survivors of abuse at Mount Cashel orphanage run by Christian Brothers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Cashel_Orphanage $18 Million Canada Catholic congregation pays victims of sexual abuse in three schools in Quebec between 1950 and 2001s

$18 Million

Canada

330000

Belgium

Belgian church has already made payments of 330000 euros in compensation to victims of paedophile priests http://noticias.terra.com.co/internacional/la-iglesia-belga-ya-ha-pagado-330000-euros-a-las-victimas-de-curaspedofilos,b1a9c35e3ecfc310VgnCLD2000000ec6eb0aRCRD.html