SHAMEFUL NUMBERS FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Saw a blurb in the November 14,2005 US News & World Report detailing some of the settlements amounts arising from the abuse of children by pedophile priests. The Archdioces of Hartford, Connecticut recently agreed to a $22 million dollar settlement with 43 people claiming to have been abused. The Boston Archdiocese paid $85 million to 500 claimants in 2003. In January of 2004, the Orange County, California Archdiocese agreed to a $100 million dollar settlement. And this past June, the Covington Archdiocese in Kentucky created a $120 million dollar fund for possible settlements. Small wonder why church attendance is decreasing.