Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:37:00
The Catholic Church in LA to pay $660 million
Parishioners across the sprawling Los Angeles Archdiocese responded with relief, support and a measure of worry Sunday to news that the church will pay $660 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse, the largest payout to date in the nationwide Roman Catholic molestation crisis.
But some also angrily blamed Cardinal Roger M. Mahony for failing to reach a settlement in the local cases years earlier.
“I’m furious,” said Robert Sotelo, a retired West Covina electrician, after hearing Mahony celebrate Mass at the downtown Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. “Why did he take so long?”
Well, until the massive amount of abuse in Boston was publicly uncovered, the Church was, as it always has been, supremely arrogant in believing that they were untouchable. That’s one reason. They wanted to hide the systemic problem in the priesthood. That’s another reason. The fact that the Church is made mostly of men, with all the flaws and desires contained therein, and are expected to fight human nature at every turn and suppress the way we were all made, well that’s yet another.
You know what’s missing from this long-term, massive scandal? A hell of a lot of criminal prosecutions.
Posted by JimK at 04:37 PM on July 17, 2007
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#1 Posted by GripeBoy
on 07/18 at 02:54 PM -
Good thing they had that sexual molestation lawsuit insurance. Hmmm...why did they need that?
As long as Popey maintains his rule at the top of the Christian heap all other “bastard” sects can just fuck off I guess.