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Sex claims against US Catholic Church rise - David Guyatt - 14-03-2009
Nothing new then.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7943368.stm
Sex claims against US Church rise
The number of new claims of sexual abuse made against US Roman Catholic priests rose by 16% to more than 800 last year, a Church report says.
It says the Church paid $436m (£313m) in 2008 for abuse cases. Most of the money was used to compensate victims.
The study covered almost 200 dioceses and religious orders across the US.
It found that more than one in five victims were under the age of 10 when they were abused.
Although the number of claims made against the Church rose in 2008, the total cost dropped by 29% compared to the previous year.
The Associated Press news agency said 2007 was an unusually high year, when the Archdiocese of Los Angeles began paying a $660m settlement to about 500 people.
The annual review tracks progress made in implementing the Charter for the Protection of Children, adopted by US bishops following a scandal in Boston in 2002.
Cardinal Francis George of Chicago said the Church was "on the right path" in its quest to better protect "all children in society".
Sex claims against US Catholic Church rise - Peter Lemkin - 14-03-2009
David Guyatt Wrote:Nothing new then.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7943368.stm
Sex claims against US Church rise
The number of new claims of sexual abuse made against US Roman Catholic priests rose by 16% to more than 800 last year, a Church report says.
Well then, they should be commended for being an institution on the upturn, while all others are sinking into despair and downturn. I'm sure that'll boost attendance and contributions. Oh, if Fellini were only still alive....
Sex claims against US Catholic Church rise - Magda Hassan - 14-03-2009
But didn't Bush and the Panzer Pope come to some arrangement? We wont let them sue you for your pedophile priests and you don't say anything about our overseas empire?
Sex claims against US Catholic Church rise - David Guyatt - 15-03-2009
I thought they both had their hands gripping each others privates anyway...
I suppose we should not forget DeCamp's insightful book "The Franklin Cover-Up" about a very well connected US paedophile ring that was said to reach to the highest office in the land.
This at the time that Daddy Bush was "da man".
The book is freely downloadable HERE