Brooklyn Diocese Pays $27.5 Million to Settle 4 Sex Abuse Cases

[DonViejo]

Source: The New York Times



By Sharon Otterman
Sept. 18, 2018

Four men who were repeatedly sexually abused as children by a religion teacher at a Catholic church in Brooklyn received a $27.5 million settlement from the Diocese of Brooklyn on Tuesday, in one of the largest settlements ever awarded to individual victims of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.

The settlement comes two weeks after the New York State attorney general announced a statewide civil investigation into sex abuse within the Catholic Church and its cover-up by church leaders. It also comes in the wake of an extraordinary grand jury report in Pennsylvania detailing the abuse of more than 1,000 children by hundreds of priests over decades, and as Pope Francis faces intense pressure globally to take action against bishops and cardinals for their role in the abuse crisis.

“This is an extremely large settlement, and the size of the settlement has to be an indication of the severity of the abuse, and also of the pressure that the Catholic Church is under,” said Terry McKiernan, co-director and president of BishopAccountability.org, which tracks clergy sexual abuse cases.

The four boys who will receive the settlement were repeatedly abused by Angelo Serrano, 67, a lay teacher of religion and the director of religious education at St. Lucy’s-St. Patrick’s Church, in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/nyregion/catholic-church-sex-abuse-settlement-brooklyn.html

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[LiberalFighter]

1. And who pays it?

[rurallib]

2. I see your question and am kind of curious what your point is?

The diocese I grew up in paid out multi millions (total) to a number of accusers.
From my understanding the diocese got money from selling some properties, tapping other funds and asking for a special donation on a given Sunday to pay for it. That really pissed my brother off. He felt that they should never had settled.

I have read various ways dioceses have either paid or tied their money up in ways that it couldn't be gotten at.

For what it is worth.

[KWR65]

3. Insurance, land sales and parishioners