Boston Archdiocese Offers $55M to Settle

sujan

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Fri Aug-08-03 04:01 PM
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Boston Archdiocese Offers $55M to Settle

BOSTON - The Boston Archdiocese has offered $55 million to settle more than 500 clergy sex abuse lawsuits, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press and sources familiar with the talks.

The settlement would resolve claims from men and women who said they were abused as children by clergy within the Boston archdiocese while church leaders routinely ignored the misdeeds. A recent report from the state attorney general estimated that more than 1,000 children were abused over four decades.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&e=1&u=/ap/20030808/ap_on_re_us/church_abuse

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trumad

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Fri Aug-08-03 04:10 PM
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1. Ahhh the dilemma of being a Catholic

Do I throw my usual 10 in the offering plate to help the church payoff victims or do I keep it and tell the Church, no way!

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Fri Aug-08-03 04:27 PM
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2. Can somebody tell me the value of the assets of the catholic church?

A link to a source would be nice too! Revenue figures would also be great!

Thanks

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