Priests Payout
The news is all over the Catholic Priest payout for the alleged sex abuse scandals.
From CNN here:
A judge on Monday approved a $660 million settlement between the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and more than 500 alleged victims of clergy abuse, the largest payout yet in a nationwide sex abuse scandal.
The deal came after more than five years of negotiations and is by far the largest payout by any diocese since the clergy abuse scandal emerged in Boston in 2002.
The individual payouts will vary according to the severity and duration of the abuse alleged. The plaintiffs’ attorneys are expected to receive up to 40 percent of the settlement.
Remember when lawyers just took a third? And I guess they will divvy up the winnings based on “the more you make is equal to the love you take.”
And is it my imagination, or does the press try to paint this scandal as the most painful type of abuse to have ever occurred? And to all you schoolboards across the country- take note. Teachers are far more sexually abusive than all the priests put together. How high will the jackpot be when schools start getting sued for kid touching?
