The Roman Catholic Church in San Diego has agreed to pay almost $200 million (198) “to settle 144 claims of sexual abuse by clergy.” This is not the first time that an American Roman Catholic Church agrees to pay off victims of abuse: earlier this year, the Church in LA agreed to “a record $660m deal to settle 508 abuse cases, some going back to the 1940s.”
On average, the San Diego victims will receive $1.4 million, which gives you a good idea of how many people were abused. Sick. No money can make up for the hurt caused to the individuals involved, but it might make life a bit more easy (at least no worries about finances anymore) and it might give the Church the push it needs to prevent the same from happening in the (near) future (on this scale) again.
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