posted at 7:22 AM by john |   

Pathetic..

Dozens accept church abuse payouts

Eighty-eight people who say they were molested by Roman Catholic priests will get $5,000 to $200,000 each, with the exact amounts to be determined by an arbitrator, under an agreement announced Thursday by the Boston Archdiocese.

The arbitration hearings are scheduled to begin next week.

Before the plaintiffs agreed to arbitration, the archdiocese had offered to settle with them for an average of $75,000 each. That figure is less than half the average amount paid to 554 plaintiffs in an 2003 settlement.

"They are extremely disappointed by the low settlement offer made by the archdiocese, but they realize they should try to obtain some type of closure and move on with their lives," said attorney Mitchell Garabedian, who represents 28 of the 88 claimants.

About 100 lawsuits are still pending, and the church may offer a second round of arbitration to some of those plaintiffs, archdiocese spokeswoman Kelly Lynch said.

Sexual abuse by Catholic priests has cost the U.S. church more than $1 billion since 1950.

Many of the costliest cases arose after it was learned in 2002 that a child-molesting priest was moved from parish to parish in the Boston Archdiocese.

Thats just a fucking insult, after letting their priests abuse, torture and rape small children this is the best the catholic church can come up with?? Man, I bet the pope will pay out that much buying small kids from poor countries like Brasil for his pedo priest pals. These people have no fucking conscience about anything they do, it's all about satisfying their pedo lust and grabbing poor peoples hard earned centavos. I'd like to see some bombers blowing the fuck out of the vacican, after all people have been hanged for things a lot less than this. In some countries child rape carries the death sentence, yet for the popes pals, nothing gets done. I wonder how many pieces of silver crossed pope pedos hands to buy these priests out of the trouble they've caused and the pain they've inflicted on all those poor children? Lets just get an A-bomb and nuke them out of existence, just think of all those small children thanking the person who does it in their prayers each night. We have to remember though that church supporters as just as much to blame as their padres, they support the church and as such must also be accountable for the actions of their church. I guess they just dont give a shit or just turn a blind eye to it all. Still if theres a heaven and when its time for you to be fucking judged, I can promise you one thing.. your all gonna fucking burn..