The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles reached a settlement agreement Saturday with more than 500 people who allege they were sexually abused by clergy, the main plaintiff's attorney told The Associated Press.
I hate it when these people use the word ‘allege’. As if this is designed to lessen the sin that these people perpetrated. There is no ‘allege’ about it, these crimes against people actually took place. These crimes committed by a person of trust against children actually took place.
Just look at these figures:
$100 million was paid out in 2004 by the Diocese of Orange, California, to settle 90 claims.
$84 million was paid out in 2003 by the Diocese of Boston to settle 552 cases.
$84 million was paid out in 2006 by the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky to settle 360 claims.
$48 million was paid out in 2006 by the Diocese of Spokane, Washington to settle 150 claims.
$52 million was paid out in 2006 by the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon to settle 175 claims, while setting aside another $20 million for anyone who comes forward in the future. These guys are ‘planning’ for future abuse claims, how’s that for preparing for a bright rosy future.
Other Catholic groups facing abuse claims are in Tucson, Arizona; Spokane, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Davenport, Iowa, and San Diego, California. These guys played a different card to get out of jail, they filed for bankruptcy.
There are millions of dollars in settlements being paid out to families of victims by pedophiles. These pedophiles are not serving time in prison. Why? What society is telling pedophiles is to become catholic priests and you can commit your sick and predacious acts against children while ‘the faithful’ send their children into your arms and beds and will pay your way out of prison.
Why are there so many people still willing to trust their children to these pedophiles? Wearing a mask of religion does not make them trustworthy. In fact they are all the more dangerous.
It is not sick enough that children have to suffer at the hands and filthy minds of these vermin, now they have to have the knowledge that these perverted individuals are still allowed to do it again without punishment. What message are we sending our children?
This is one of the most heinous crimes that can be committed against a child and we allow it to go unpunished just because the predator is a priest! Amazing! Even more amazing is that we continue to send our children to them!
How can these people who wear religious robes and take religious vows actually believe in God when they commit such sinful crimes against that which God has made?
I just do not understand what we as a society allow to live amongst us.
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