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Clergy sex abuse settlements top $2.5 billion nationwide

Clergy Sex Scandal

There have been nearly 17,000 victims of clergy sexual abuse since 1950 and legal settlements for their suffering continue to climb. Add another $10 million to the $2.5 billion that the Catholic Church in the USA has spent in confronting the clergy sex abuse crisis.

 

Cardinal Mahony used cemetery money to pay sex abuse settlement

Cardinal Mahony

The Archdiocese of L.A. took $115 million from its cemeteries' maintenance fund in 2007, nearly depleting it. The move seems legal, but it was not announced, and relatives of the dead were not told.

 

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