I am not a christian but am well read on it and other religions. The best thing about christianity is that it has evolved to be by far the most tolerant and most egalitarian. Mostly when i see Asians, even among some of my distant relatives who are christians, i see that Asians simply do not understand the message of Christ. By converting, they retain so much of their bad values that they become a disgrace to Christianity. Some of my christian relatives (Asian) even find socialising in Hindu festivals as an insult. What is the use of becoming a christian if you retain your hate and still think in term of caste system?. Asian people to some extent appear to be unable to handle  their new religion.
The western world has been built on the values of christianity. It is these values that give us our freedom and human rights that we enjoy so much. Come think of it. When the floods happened in PAkistan or disasters happen in other countries, it is the Christian countries who dig into their pockets to help. These people are burdened with debt and lack of a proper job in their country but many do not hesitate to donate to the needy. Do the Nepalese and Indian Christians emulate this aspect of their new found religion?. Negative as i have not seen it. So why are they becoming christians if they cannot be a proper one?. 
I am an agnostic but i do admire the teachings of Jesus and as i try to be a good human being, i try to follow his good message. I have learnt to be tolerant, egalitarian by observing and socialising with some good Christians.
I have not become a Christian as per religion, but i have become a better human being.

 

 

 

 

Catholic sex abuse cases

 

Roman Catholic sex abuse cases by country

 

Kenya

In 2009 several people came forward with accusations of sexual molestation against an Italian priest working in the country. The Church gave assurances of an investigation, but this has not taken place. However Kenyan police say they found no evidence and believe Sesana is innocent.^[7]

In 2010 a young woman alleged that a Catholic priest had undertaken inappropriate sexual activity against her will, but the police and Church authorities had failed to follow up the allegations.^[8]

The 2011 Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTE) documentary "A Mission To Prey" brought to notice Kenya's clerical abuse cases, which should have been handled with more transparency. It has subsequently emerged that this program made false allegations against a priest, Fr. Kevin Reynolds, which resulted in the priest being removed from his home and his parish ministry. RTE has subsequently apologised for this programme and has stated that Fr. Reynolds was innocent of the charges stated. RTE has nevertheless left access to this programme even though upwards of 32 Slander & Libel cases are pending.^[9][10]

In 2011 a Dutch bishop was reported to be under probe over alleged sex abuse, The Bishop was alleged to have abused a minor when he served as a priest in Ngong diocese some 18 years prior to the report.^[11][12]

[edit]Tanzania

St Michael's Catholic Boarding School, Soni, Tanzania

A prominent United Kingdom member of the order, Fr Kit Cunningham together with three other priests were exposed after Cunningham's death as paedophiles^{[13][14][15][16]} While at Soni, Cunningham perpetrated sexual abuse that made the school, according to one pupil, "a loveless, violent and sad hellhole". Other pupils recall being photographed naked, hauled out of bed at night to have their genitals fondled and other sexual abuse.^[14][17] Although known about by theRosminians before Cunningham's death in 2010, the abuse was only publicly revealed by the media in 2011^{[18][19][20][20][21][22][23]}

 

Asia

[edit]Philippines

• In 2002 the Catholic Church apologized for sexual abuses, including adultery, homosexuality and child abuse by two hundred priests over the previous 20 years.^[24]

• In 2003 at least 34 priests were suspended in a sex abuse scandal involving sexual harassment of women. 20 were from a single diocese.^[25]

• In 2011, a priest accused of sexually abusing a 17-year old female minor is sheltered by his Bishop, despite calls for his surrender to civil authorities.^[26]

[edit]Europe

[edit]Austria

Archdiocese of Vienna

In 1995 Hans Hermann Cardinal Groer stepped down as head of the Catholic Church in Austria following accusations ofsexual misconduct. In 1998 he left the country. He remained a Cardinal.^[27]

[edit]Belgium

There have been several abuse cases in Belgium.

Diocese of Antwerp

Former parish priest Bruno Vos of Nieuwmoer parish in Kalmthout was officially charged with rape of a minor by the Belgian judiciary. There are also allegations of possession of child pornography included in the charge.^[28]

[edit]Croatia

Archdiocese of Zagreb

• Ivan Čuček convicted ^[29] in 2000 for sexual abuse of 37 young girls, sentenced to three years in prison, which was later reduced by Supreme Courtto ^[30] to one and a half years.

Archdiocese of Rijeka

• Drago Ljubičić convicted in 2007 was Catholic priest on the isle of Rab sentenced to three years in prison for molesting five teenage boys. He will be the first Catholic priest to serve prison time for sexual abuse in Croatia.^[31]When asked by Catholic press agency Glas Koncila (prior to scandal) why children avoid going to church he blamed 'strong influence of communism on island Rab'.^[32]

[edit]France

Seine et Marne

• Henri Lebras sentenced to ten years for the rape of a twelve-year-old boy between 1995 and 1998.^[33]

[edit]Germany

In February 2010 Der Spiegel reported that more than 94 clerics and laymen have been suspected of sexual abuse since 1995, but only 30 of those suspects had actually been prosecuted because of legal time constraints on pursuing cases.^[34]

[edit]Ireland

Archdiocese of Dublin

Several priests who abused children in the United States were Irish Nationals, notably Patrick Colleary, Anthony O'Connell and Oliver O'Grady.

Diocese of Ferns

The Ferns Inquiry 2005 - On 22 October 2005 a government-commissioned report compiled by a former Irish Supreme Court judge delivered an indictment of the handling of clerical sex abuse in the Irish diocese of Ferns.

[edit]Italy

• It is difficult to ascertain the actual statistics for clerical sexual abuse in Italy because the Italian Government has a treaty with the Vatican that guarantees areas of immunity to Vatican officials, including bishops and priests.^[35]

• Three former students have claimed abuse and 65 former students signed statements saying that they or other students were abused by Catholic priests when attending the Antonio Provolo Institute for the Deaf, a Catholic school for deaf children in Verona, Italy. The abuse is alleged to have occurred from the 1950s to 1980s, and was reportedly conducted by 24 priests including the late bishop of Verona.^[36]

[edit]Malta

• 84 allegations had been made as of April 2010 and Lawrence Grech, one of many alleged victims complains that he was abused in an orphanage. Mr Grech complained in 2010 that the Church had been investigating cases for seven years without doing enough that is effective. The pope spoke to Mr Grech and approved his courage in coming forward.^[37][38][39]-A Maltese court found that Fr Charles Pulis and Fr Godwin Scerri sexually abused children and sentenced the two men to six years and five years in prison respectively. The church regretted delays before there were proper investigations into the abuse and promised to defrock Fr Pulis.

^[40]

• Fr. Anthony Mercieca, who was accused by former Florida Congressman Mark Foley of molesting him as a teenager and has admitted "inappropriate encounters", now lives in Malta.^[41]

[edit]Netherlands

Cases of sexual abuse by religious members of the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands can since 1995 be notified to a central church institution, called Secretariaat Rooms-Katholiek Kerkgenootschap (SRRK).^[42][43]

In 1993, Father H.H.M. Jansen is denounced for sexual abuse during his activities as military pastor and as a faculty member of the seminary of Rolduc.^[44]

On 14 May 1998 damages of € 56.800 were paid by the diocese of Rotterdam to the victim of sexual abuse by a diocesan priest in order to avoid civil prosecution.^[45]

Father J. Ceelen, pastor of the parishes of Lieshout and of Mariahout (municipality of Laarbeek) quits his post after allegations of sexual abuse on 1 September 2005.^[46]

In February 2010 Salesians were accused of sexual abuse in their juvenate Don Rua in 's-Heerenberg. Salesian bishop of Rotterdam van Luyn pleaded for a thorough investigation.^[47]

In 2011 the Deetman Commission, acting on the 2010 request of the Conference of Bishops and the Dutch Religious Conference, reported on its inquiry into abuse cases from 1945 to 2010 affecting children entrusted to the care of the church in the Netherlands.^[48]

 

Norway

Georg Müller, a former Catholic Bishop in Trondheim, Norway, has admitted to sexually abusing an altar boy in the 1980s when he served as a priest there. Müller, who retired as bishop in 2009, said there were no other victims.^[49][50]

[edit]Poland

Archdiocese of Poznań

In March 2002 the Archbishop of Poznań, Juliusz Paetz, stepped down following accusations, which he denied, of sexually molesting young priests.^[51]

Diocese of Płock

In early 2007 allegations surfaced that former Bishop Stanislaw Wielgus (later very briefly Archbishop of Warsaw) was aware that several priests in his former diocese of Płock were sexually abusing minors.^[52]

[edit]Slovenia

Archdiocese of Ljubljana

• Franc Frantar - detained in 2006^[53] for sexual abuse of up to 16 minors. He was later sentenced to five years in prison.^[54] He initially escaped prosecution by escaping to Malawi to work there as a missionary, but returned to Slovenia after Interpol warrant was issued.

[edit]Sweden

Diocese of Stockholm

One child was sexually abused by a priest several years in the late 1950s. When the child raised the issue at the time, the priest was protected and the abuse was kept quiet by the church. The victim finally reported the abuse to the Stockholm diocese in December 2005. The victim demanded a public apology from the church. In June 2007 Sweden's Catholic church made a public apology in two newspapers.^[55]

[edit]Great Britain

There have been a considerable number of sex abuse cases in the United Kingdom including:

Benedictine Order

• Buckfast Abbey School

In 2007 two former monks from Buckfast Abbey were sentenced for sexually abusing boys.^[56][57]

• Ealing Abbey / St Benedict's School

In 2009 a monk of Ealing Abbey and former headmaster of the junior department of its associated school, St Benedict's, was sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually abusing boys.^[58]

• Belmont Abbey / Belmont Abbey School

In 2004 former priest John Kinsey of Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire, was sentenced at Worcester Crown Court for 5 years for sexual assaults on schoolboys in the mid 1980s.^[59][60]

 

North America

[edit]Canada

Archdiocese of St. John's

In the 1990s, criminal proceedings began against members of the Christian Brothers in Newfoundland.

[edit]Mexico

Fr. Marcial Maciel (1920–2008) founded the Legion of Christ, a Catholic order of priests originating in Mexico. Nine former seminarians of his order accused Maciel of molestation.^[61] One retracted his accusation, saying that it was a plot intended to discredit the Legion. Maciel maintained his innocence of the accusations.

[edit]United States

Archdiocese of Anchorage

In 2007, the Society of Jesus made a $50 million payout to over 100 Inuits who alleged that they had been sexually abused. The settlement did not require them to admit molesting Inuit children, but accusations involved 13 or 14 priests who allegedly molested these children for 30 years.^[62]

In 2008, the Diocese of Fairbanks, a co-defendant in the case, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, claiming inability to pay the 140 plaintiffs filing claims against the diocese for alleged sexual abuse by priests or church workers during this period.^[63][64][65]

Archdiocese of Boston

Allegations of sexual misconduct by priests of the Archdiocese of Boston, and following revelations of a cover-up by the Archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Bernard Francis Law, became known in 2004, causing Roman Catholics in otherdioceses of the United States to investigate similar situations. Cardinal Law's actions prompted public scrutiny of theUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the steps taken in response to past and current allegations of sexual misconduct by priests. The events in the Archdiocese of Boston became a national scandal.

Archdiocese of Chicago

Daniel McCormack, a self-confessed sexually abusive priest was sentenced to five years in prison for abusing five boys (8–12 years) in 2001.^[66]

Diocese of Crookston

Rev. Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul was charged with molesting two teenage girls at a Catholic church in Greenbush, Minnesota, a small rural town near the Canadian border. The abuse occurred in 2004, and charges were filed in 2006 and amended in 2007.^[67] Without facing legal punishment, Jevapaul returned to his home diocese in Ootacamund, India, where today he works in the church’s diocesan office. A Roseau County, Minnesota attorney is seeking toextradite the priest from India in a criminal case involving one of the girls.^[68] The Archbishop of Madras, India (Madras is now called “Chennai”) has asked Jeyapaul to return to the US to face the charges.^[69] Jevapaul has said that he will not fight extradition if the US seeks it.^[70]

Diocese of Davenport

On October 10, 2006, the Diocese of Davenport filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.^[71]

Archdiocese of Denver

In July 2008 the Archdiocese of Denver paid a settlement of $5.5 million dollars to 18 claims of alleged sexual abuse perpetrated by two clerics between the years of 1954 and 1981.^[72]

Archdiocese of Dubuque

In 2006 the Archdiocese settled a number of claims of sexual abuse, and the Archbishop offered a personal apology.^[73]

Diocese of Fall River

Father James Porter was a Roman Catholic priest who was convicted of molesting 28 children;^[74] He admitted sexually abusing at least 100 of both sexes over a period of 30 years, starting in the 1960s.^[75] Bishop Sean O'Malley settled 101 abuse claims and initiated a zero-tolerance policy against sexual abuse. He also instituted one of the first comprehensive sexual abuse policies in the Roman Catholic Church.^[76]

Diocese of Honolulu

Reverend Joseph Bukoski, III, SS.CC., Honolulu, Hawaii, a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary was canonically removed in 2003 as the pastor of Maria Lanakila Catholic Church in Lahaina by BishopFrancis X. DiLorenzo for allegations relating to sexual improprieties some 30 years earlier. Fr. Bukoski issued a written public apology to his victim on November 12, 2005.

Reverend Mr. James "Ron" Gonsalves, Wailuku, Hawaii, Gonsalves the administrator of Saint Ann Roman Catholic Church in Waihee, Maui, pleaded guilty on May 17, 2006 to several counts of sexual assault on a 12-year-old male. Bishop Clarence Richard Silva has permanently withdrawn his faculties and has initiated laicization proceedings against Deacon Gonsalves with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Archdiocese of Los Angeles

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to pay out 60 million dollars to settle 45 lawsuits it still faces over 450 other pending cases. According to the Associated Press, 22 priests were involved in the settlement with cases going back as far as the 1930s.^[77] 20 million dollars of this was paid by the insurers of the archdiocese. The main administrative office of the archdiocese is due to be sold to cover the cost of these and future law suits. The archdiocese will settle about 500 cases for about $600 million.^[78]

Diocese of Memphis

The Diocese of Memphis reached a $2 million settlement with a man who was abused as a boy by Father Juan Carlos Duran, a priest with a history of sexual misconduct with juveniles in St. Louis, Panama, and Bolivia.^[79]

Archdiocese of Miami

Since 1966, the Archdiocese of Miami Insurance Programs have paid $26.1 million in settlement, legal, and counseling costs associated with sexual misconduct allegations made by minors involving priests, laity and religious brothers and sisters.^[80]

Archdiocese of Milwaukee

A 2003 report on the sexual abuse of minors by clergy in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee revealed that allegations of sexually assaulting minors had been made against 58 ordained men.^{[citation needed]} By early 2009, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee had spent approximately $26.5 million in attorney fees and settlements. Under Archbishop Timothy Dolan the archdiocese was able to avoid bankruptcy from lawsuits.^[81]

A Wisconsin priest, the Rev. Lawrence C Murphy, who taught at the former St. John School for the Deaf in theMilwaukee suburb of St. Francis, Wisconsin from 1950 to 1974, allegedly molested more than 200 deaf boys. Several U.S. bishops warned the Vatican that failure to act on the matter could embarrass the church. Murphy was moved by then Milwaukee Archbishop William E Cousins to Superior, Wisconsin, a small city near Lake Superior, where he spent his final 24 years working with children in parishes, schools and a juvenile detention center. He died in 1998. As of March 2010, there were four outstanding lawsuits against the Archdiocese of Milwaukee in the case.^[82][83]

Diocese of Oakland

In 1981, the former Rev. Stephen Kiesle was convicted for tying up and molesting two boys in a California church rectory.^[84] From 1981 to 1985, Bishop John Stephen Cummins, who oversaw Kiesle, contacted the Vatican about defrocking him. Then-cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, responded by letter that the case needed more time, as it was "necessary to consider the good of the Universal Church" and "the detriment that granting the dispensation" could provoke among the faithful. In 1987, the Vatican defrocked Kiesle. The letter was widely regarded as evidence of Ratzinger's role in blocking the removal of pedophile priests.^[85][86] Vatican officials responded that that interpretation rested on a misreading of the letter, in which the issue was not whether Kiesle should be defrocked but whether he should be granted the dispensation he had requested from the obligation of chastity. By refusing to grant such a dispensation right away in the Kiesle case, Ratzinger was actually being tough with an abuser, not lax.^[87][88]

Archdiocese of Omaha

During his tenure as the Bishop of Helena, Montana, Archbishop Elden Francis Curtiss chose to reassign a priest who had been accused of pedophilia in 1959, later admitting that he had not properly examined the church's personnel file on the individual concerned. Curtiss faced similar criticism in 2001 in regard to a priest accused of accessing child pornography. Curtiss, it was alleged, had failed to bring the case to the attention of the authorities, and had chosen to send the priest for counseling and to reassign the priest, removing him from his high-school teaching position but reassigning him to a middle-school.^[89]

Diocese of Orange, California

On January 3, 2005 Bishop Tod Brown of the Diocese of Orange apologized to 87 alleged victims of sexual abuse and announced a settlement of $100 million following two years of mediation.

Diocese of Palm Beach

Joseph Keith Symons resigned as ordinary in 1998 after admitting he molested five boys while he was a pastor.^[90]

Diocese of Peoria

Coadjutor Bishop John J. Myers of Peoria was among the two-thirds of sitting bishops and acting diocese administrators that the Dallas Morning News found had allowed priests accused of sexual abuse to continue working.^[91]

In 2005, Rev. Francis Engels pleaded guilty to molesting a Peoria altar boy on trips to Milwaukee in the early 1980s.^[92]

Archdiocese of Philadelphia

According to a 2005 investigation, while serving as assistant vicar for administration in 1996, Bishop Cistone was involved with silencing a nun who tried to alert parishioners at St. Gabriel parish about abuse by a priest. According to the report, there were several other instances of priest sexual abuse that Cistone was complicit in covering up.^[93] In February 2011, Monsignor William Lynn, former secretary of the clergy for the Philadelphia Archdiocese, was charged with child endangerment, marking the first time that a high-ranking official has been charged since the eruption of sex abuse scandals nearly ten years prior.^[94] Lynn was found by a grand jury to have placed pedophiles in posts involving contact with children, which led directly to the sexual assault of two boys. Three priests and one teacher face rape charges.

Diocese of Phoenix

On November 21, 2005, Monsignor Dale Fushek of the Diocese of Phoenix was arrested and charged with 10 criminal misdemeanor counts related to alleged inappropriate sexual contact with teens and young adults.^[95]

Archdiocese of Portland

The Archdiocese of Portland filed for Chapter 11 reorganization on July 6, 2004, hours before two abuse trials were set to begin.^{[citation needed]} Portland became the first Catholic diocese to file for bankruptcy. An open letter to the archdiocese's parishioners explained the archbishop's motivation.

Archdiocese of San Antonio

John Salazar was sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting a 18-year-old parishioner.^[96]

Diocese of San Diego

On February 27, 2007, the Diocese of San Diego filed for Chapter 11 protection, hours before the first of about 150 lawsuits was due to be heard.^{[citation needed]}

Diocese of Savannah

In October, 2009, the diocese of Savannah paid $4.24 million to settle a lawsuit which alleged that Lessard allowed a priest named Wayland Brown to work in the diocese when Lessard knew that Brown was a serial child molester who posed a danger to children.^[97]

Diocese of Spokane

Under Bishop William S. Skylstad the Diocese of Spokane declared bankruptcy in December 2004. As part of its bankruptcy, the diocese has agreed to pay at least $48 million as compensation. This payout has to be agreed to by the victims and a judge before it will be made. According to federal bankruptcy judge, Gregg W. Zive, money for the settlement would come from insurance companies, the sale of church property, contributions from Catholic groups and from the diocese's parishes.^[98]

Diocese of Stockton

Fr. Oliver O'Grady molested multiple children in Stockton.^[99] The 2006 documentary Deliver Us From Evil is based on accusations that Bishop Roger Mahony knew that Oliver O'Grady was an active pedophile.^[100]

Diocese of Tucson

The Diocese of Tucson filed for bankruptcy in September, 2004. It reached an agreement with plaintiffs, which the bankruptcy judge approved on June 11, 2005, specifying terms that included allowing the diocese reorganization to continue in return for a $22.2 million settlement.^[101]

 

Australia

Archdiocese of Sydney

• Ross Murrin: Catholic brother pleaded guilty to sexually abusing eight male students.^[102]

Archdiocese of Melbourne

There were several cases of sexual abuse in the Melbourne Archdiocese.

• Michael Charles Glennon: former diocesan priest, sentenced to at least 15 years in jail for sexually abusing four Aboriginal boys between 1984 and 1991.^[103]

• Gerry Francis Ridsdale: convicted in 1994, he pled guilty on 46 sexual offenses.^[104]

• Wilfred James Baker: sentenced to four years in prison (parole after 2 years) for crimes involving eight boys.^[105]

• David Daniel: sentenced to six years jail, with parole after 4.5 years, for molesting four boys, a girl and an adult male.^[106]

• Paul Pavlou: convicted on 29 June 2009 of committing an indecent act with a child under 16 and of being knowingly in possession of child pornography. He was sentenced to an 18 month jail sentence suspended for 24 months and to a two-year community based order. He was registered on the Sex Offenders Register for 15 years. These offences occurred in 2005-2006 while he was the priest at Healesville in the Archdiocese of Melbourne.^[107]

• Francis Klep SDB: convicted of indecent assault in 1994, and charged with an additional five counts. He moved to Samoa, but in 2004 the Samoan government made moves to deport him from the country after becoming aware of the previous conviction and charges.^[108]

[edit]New Zealand

The abuse scandal at the Marylands School is an important chapter in the clerical abuse affairs in New Zealand but other cases have also emerged.

There is no such thing as perfect human being . Thats why you do not trust priest or the pope. You only trust in the word of God and the bible warns us about false prophets. Christains are not perfect nor is any another religion in the world. We human being are sick sin runs in our vain only exception of Jesus who was sin less. I challage you find a fault in Jesus and i will be your slave. Bible says He was fault less thats why He was the perfect sacrifice (bali) for our sins. Serch his word and find out one thing that is faultful. Thats my Challange.sure you can find fault in christains and we don't claim to be perfect just the contrary we believe ourself to be sinner who desperitely needs a saviour and every day He is teaching us to follow his ways . Sure we fail but His grace is enough.

 

South America

[edit]Argentina

• Julio Grassi was found guilty (by a three-judge panel of the Criminal Court Oral 1 Morón) of one count of sexual abuse and one count of corrupting a minor in the “Happy Children’s Foundation”.^[109]

Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz

Allegations of sexual abuse on 47 young seminarists surfaced in 1994.^[110]

[edit]Brazil

Diocese of Anápolis

• Fr. Tarcísio Tadeu Spricigo was arrested after his checklist for choosing victims was found and given to police. He had molested children in at least five parishes.^{[111][112][113]} The case was one of those featured in an episode of theBBC's Panorama documentary series titled Sex Crimes and the Vatican and became an example of the Vatican's policies regarding pedophile priests.^[114] In November 2005 he was sentenced to a prison term of over 14 years.^[115][116]
• Fr. Felix Barbosa Carreiro was arrested and charged with child sexual abuse in the northeastern state of Maranhão after police seized him in a hotel room with four teenage boys.^[117]

Archdiocese of Penedo

• In 2010 Authorities in Brazil began an investigation into three priests after a video allegedly showing a priest sexually abusing an altar boy was broadcast on the SBT television station.^[118]

[edit]Chile

Archdiocese of Santiago

• José Andrés Aguirre Ovalle, aka "Cura Tato", was found guilty of nine sexual abuse charges by the highest court of this country. In 2004 Aguirre was sentenced to 12 years in jail. At the beginning of this trial, the Catholic Church was sentenced to pay 50 million in damages to the victims, but then this sentence was revoked by the supreme court.^[119]

• Ricardo Muñoz Quinteros, priest of Melipilla, was charged in 2010 with eight cases of sexually abusing minors, including his own daughter. Also, is investigated for producing pronografic material involving children.^[120]

• In 2010, the Catholic Church began an investigation into sexual abuse allegedly committed by Fr. Fernando Karadima, after four people came forward with allegations of abuse.^[121] He was found guilty and convicted by the Vatican in February 18, 2011. He was sentenced to a life of prayer and penitence, banned from any contact with his ex parishioners and forbidden to perform any priestly ministry in public or private except for mass by himself. He is currently living in a home for seniors where the Archbishop of Santiago put him under the care of some nuns. Karadima still does not acknowledge any wrongdoing after several testimonies helped convict him.^[122]

Diocese of Valparaíso

• Eduardo Olivares Martínez, was found guilty of a five sexual abuse against underprivileged minors. In 2006 was sentenced to 3 years in jail and to pay 15 million pesos in damages.^[123]

• In 2010, Juan Henríquez Zapata was indicted for using minors for sex services.^[124]

Diocese of Rancagua

• Jorge Galaz Espinoza, former Director of El Pequeño Cottolengo, was found guilty of repeated violations against two mentally disabled minors. In 2005 Galaz was sentenced to 15 years in jail.

Diocese of Punta Arenas

• Jaime Low Cabezas, was found guilty of a sexual abuse against a 15 year-old minor. In 2009 Low was sentenced to 3 years in jail.

• Víctor Hugo Carrera, was found guilty of a sexual abuse against one underprivileged minor. In 2005 Carrera was sentenced to 541 days in jail and to pay 2 million pesos in damages to the family of the victim. The case involved thebishop of the diocese, who was accused of protecting Carrera and facilitating his escape to Bolivia, where he lived for two years.^[125]

[edit]Peru

In 2007, Daniel Bernardo Beltrán Murguía Ward, a 42 year-old SCV consecrated layman was found by the National Police in a hostel in Cercado de Lima with a 12 year-old boy, of whom he was taking sexually explicit pictures. The boy was initially lured by Murguía Ward in Miraflores, where he was given Pokémon figures in exchange for photos of his intimate parts. When Murguía Ward was caught, he had paid the boy 20 soles ($7 USD) for his services in the hostel. The police have reported that pictures of two other boys were also found on Murguía Ward's camera and that the boy has claimed he received oral sex from Murguía Ward. These charges have been denied by the accused. Murguía Ward has since been removed from the SCV for his alleged misconduct.^{[126][127][128]}

 Largest Settlements by Total Dollar Amount

Settlement	Date/Year	Priests	Amount ($000s)	Victims	Fees	Amount per Victim ($000s)	Comments
Los Angeles CA	2007-07-14	221 priests, brothers, lay teachers and other church employees	660,000	508	40%	780	The archdiocese committed to release documents as part of the settlement but as yet has not.
San Diego CA	2007-09-07		198,100	144	40%	825	Settlement in bankruptcy.
Oregon Province of the Jesuits	2011-03-25	Names of priests not announced.	166,100	500	40%	199	Settlement in bankruptcy. The province will pay $48.1 million and Safeco, their insurer, will pay $118 million. About $6 million from the settlement will go into a pool for future claims.
Orange CA	2004-12-02	31 priests, 10 lay personnel, 2 nuns, and 1 brother	100,000	91	40%	659	Diocesan files were released as part of the settlement.
Boston MA	2003-09-09	140 priests, 2 others	84,250	552	40%	92
Covington KY	2006-01-09	35 priests (as of 6/4/05)	79,082	243	22%	254	Class action settlement. Original 6/3/05 agreement of $120M reduced when fewer survivors came forward than expected. The diocese settled with its self-insurers Catholic Mutual ($40M) and Fireman's Fund ($5M). Awards were to range from $5K to $450K. For extensive information on the class action settlement, see our cached copy of theclass action website, with links to documents and articles.
Wilmington DE	2011-02-02	Names of priests not announced.	77,425	150	40%	310	Pending approval of judge, with contribution of religious orders yet to be determined
Portland OR	2007-04-17	It is difficult to establish what clerics and others were included. But seeClaims in Court Far Outnumber Church Listing, by Ashbel S. Green and Steve Woodward, The Oregonian (11/12/06).	71,450	169	19%	342	Of the $71.45M, $40.7 was to go to 146 claimants, with the remaining $13.75M allocated to 26 unsettled claims and $17M to attorneys. Up to $20M would be made available for future claims. Insurance would pay $51.75M, with the archdiocese paying the rest, up to a maximum of $39.7M. Unsettled claims and document release were agreed 4/17/07. Document release on 6/6/07 was meager. The State of Oregon settled separately for $1.05M with 14 alleged Sprauer victims who were also included in the settlement with the archdiocese.
Los Angeles CA	2006-12-01	7 priests active during Mahony's time in LA (Baker, Henry, Rodriguez, Wempe; and Dober, Martini, and Orellana, whom the archdiocese previously cleared)	60,000	45	40%	800
Oakland CA	2005-08-05	Reports do not provide the number or all names of priests in the settlement, but included were 2 claims of abuse by Ponciroli and 4 claims of abuse by Kiesle.	56,000	56	40%	600	See also other articles on the settlement and thefunding of this settlement.
Fairbanks AK - Jesuits	2007-11-16	12 Jesuit priests and three volunteers	50,000	110	40%	273
Spokane WA	2007-01-05	The names of the priests included in this settlement are not known. See Deal Allows Secrets to Remain, by John Stucke, Spokesman Review (5/4/07)	48,000	150	40%	192	Part of bankruptcy reorganization. $20M from 6 insurers; $18M from sale of chancery and other assets and from contributions; $1M from the 82 parishes. Payments $15K to $1.5 M. Some nonmonetary commitments, including a document release that has been criticized as selective.
Davenport IA	2007-12-04		37,000	162	40%	137	Settlement in bankruptcy case. See also this article. Included nonmonetary provisions.
Sacramento CA	2005-06-29	10 (Lynch, Boyle, Moreno, Garcia, Urbina, Brady, Henson, Mennis, Blanco, and one unnamed)	35,000	33	40%	636	Settled one day before civil trial of Blanco was set to begin. Insurers covered <50%. Minimum pre-fee payout was $400K; maximum was $4.25M.
Boston MA	2005-06-30 and before	The archdiocesan report from which the information about these settlements is derived does not name the priests involved.	33,150	257	40%	77	This is an aggregate figure for Boston settlements before 6/30/05, not including the $10M settlement with Geoghan survivors on 9/18/02 and the $84.25M settlement on 9/9/03. We calculated the aggregate number by subtracting the amounts of those two settlements from the pre-6/30/05 totals of $127.4M and 895 survivors, as provided by the archdiocese in its 4/19/06 report.
Los Angeles CA - Franciscans	2006-03-13	10 priests and brothers (including Cimmarusti, Van Handel, Krumm, and Cabot)	28,000	25	40%	672
Louisville KY	2003-06-10	34 priests and 5 workers (including Miller, Wood, and Clark)	25,700	243	40%	63

 Largest Per-Survivor Awards

Settlement	Date/Year	Priests	Amount ($000s)	Victims	Fees	Amount per Victim ($000s)	Comments
Rockville Centre NY	2007-05-18	1 lay music minister (Maiello)	11,450	2	40%	3,435	Verdict in a civil trial.
LA CA (DiMaria)	2001-08-20	1 priest (Harris)	5,200	1	40%	3,120	Included nonmonetary provisions.
Oklahoma City OK	2001-12	1 priest (Rapp)	5,000	1	40%	3,000
Belleville IL	2008-08-27	1 priest (Kownacki)	5,000	1	40%	3,000	Jury verdict in civil trial: $2.4M in compensatory damages and $2.6M in punitive damages. Verdict upheld 10/31/08. Diocese filed notice of appeal on 11/26/08.
Savannah GA	2009-10-28	1 priest (Rev. Wayland Y. Brown)	4,240	1	40%	2,544	In addition to the $4.24M settlement, the survivor had previously received $200K for therapy, which is not included in this table.
Stockton CA	1998-07-16	1 priest (O'Grady)	7,650	2	40%	2,295	Original jury award on 7/16/98 was $30 million.
Los Gatos CA - Jesuits	2002-09-04	3 named Jesuit defendants, 1 priest (Burke) and 2 brothers (Connor and Ellis)	7,500	2	40%	2,250	See also this backgroundarticle.
Santa Rosa CA	2005-04-22	1 priest (Donald Kimball)	3,300	1	40%	1,980
Oakland CA	2004-01-23	1 priest (Francis)	3,050	1	40%	1,830
Stockton CA	2005-05-19	1 priest (Oliver O'Grady)	3,000	1	40%	1,800
Dallas TX	1998-07-10	1 priest (Kos)	23,400	8	40%	1,755	The 8 survivors represented by Turley settled for $23.4M. They and the other 3 survivors (see above) were originally awarded $119.6M by a jury on 7/24/97.
Fort Worth TX	2005-04-09	1 priest (Teczar)	2,750	1	40%	1,650
Altoona-Johnstown PA	1994-04-21	1 priest (Luddy)	2,569	1	40%	1,541	Jury found for plaintiff on 4/21/94; ultimate award of $2.569M in this complex case was $869K in compensatory damages, delay damages, and punitive damages to be paid by Luddy, plus $1.7M in restored punitive damages to be paid by diocese.
Dallas TX	1998-03-04	1 priest (Kos)	7,500	3	40%	1,500	The 3 survivors represented by Demarest settled for $7.5M. They and the other 8 survivors (see below) were originally awarded $119.6M by a jury on 7/24/97.
Chicago IL	2008-09-11		2,500	1	40%	1,500
Oakland CA	2004-12-23	3 brothers	6,300	3	40%	1,260
San Bernardino CA	2003-06-30	1 priest (Ball)	4,200	2	40%	1,260	On 10/15/03, a judgeordered Ball to pay the plaintiffs $26M; it appears unlikely that he will be able to do so.
Memphis TN	2009-02-28		2,000	1	40%	1,200
Chicago IL	2003-07-01	1 priest (McCaffrey)	1,900	1	40%	1,140
Davenport IA	2005-05-09	1 priest (Janssen)	1,892	1	40%	1,135	Jury ordered Janssen to pay $632K in punitive damages and $1.26M in other damages.
Lafayette LA	1987-12-11	1 (Gauthe)	1,800	1	40%	1,080	Award in jury trial; $1.55M for the victim and $250K for his parents.
St. Louis MO	2004-04-21	1 priest (Wolken)	1,675	1	40%	1,005
Milwaukee WI	2006-09-01	2 priests (Becker and Widera)	16,650	10	40%	999

 What Individual Survivors Received in Settlements Involving 25 or More Cases

Settlement	Date/Year	Priests	Amount ($000s)	Victims	Fees	Amount per Victim ($000s)	Comments
San Diego CA	2007-09-07		198,100	144	40%	825	Settlement in bankruptcy.
Los Angeles CA	2006-12-01	7 priests active during Mahony's time in LA (Baker, Henry, Rodriguez, Wempe; and Dober, Martini, and Orellana, whom the archdiocese previously cleared)	60,000	45	40%	800
Los Angeles CA	2007-07-14	221 priests, brothers, lay teachers and other church employees	660,000	508	40%	780	The archdiocese committed to release documents as part of the settlement but as yet has not.
Los Angeles CA - Franciscans	2006-03-13	10 priests and brothers (including Cimmarusti, Van Handel, Krumm, and Cabot)	28,000	25	40%	672
Orange CA	2004-12-02	31 priests, 10 lay personnel, 2 nuns, and 1 brother	100,000	91	40%	659	Diocesan files were released as part of the settlement.
Sacramento CA	2005-06-29	10 (Lynch, Boyle, Moreno, Garcia, Urbina, Brady, Henson, Mennis, Blanco, and one unnamed)	35,000	33	40%	636	Settled one day before civil trial of Blanco was set to begin. Insurers covered <50%. Minimum pre-fee payout was $400K; maximum was $4.25M.
Oakland CA	2005-08-05	Reports do not provide the number or all names of priests in the settlement, but included were 2 claims of abuse by Ponciroli and 4 claims of abuse by Kiesle.	56,000	56	40%	600	See also other articles on the settlement and thefunding of this settlement.
Burlington VT	2010-05-13	Paquette and others	17,650	26	40%	407
Bridgeport CT	2001-03-08	6 priests (Pcolka, Federici, Carr, Coleman, Gorecki, and Malloy)	15,000	26	40%	346	The amount of this settlement was not reported at the time, but later articles have stated that it was "about $15 million," a number estimated from thediocesan total of $37.7Mfrom 1953 to 2/15/04, minus the $21M settlement on 10/16/03, and the $250K settlement on 6/6/94. This leaves $450K for other settlements, for which amounts have not been disclosed, including:  • 1/13/89 (O'Connor) • 1/21/94 (Brett) • 6/26/95 (Coleman) • 3/4/98 (O'Connor) • 3/13/98 (O'Connor) • 5/24/99 (Federici) • Summer 1999 (Stubbs, Carr, and Moore) • 10/21/03 (Moore) After the 2/15/04 total, settlements were made for undisclosed amounts on: • 1/18/05 (Castaldo) • 8/1/06 (Gildea) On the 3/8/01 settlement, see background article with corrections on Malloy and discussion of Egan's role.
Portland OR	2007-04-17	It is difficult to establish what clerics and others were included. But seeClaims in Court Far Outnumber Church Listing, by Ashbel S. Green and Steve Woodward, The Oregonian (11/12/06).	71,450	169	19%	342	Of the $71.45M, $40.7 was to go to 146 claimants, with the remaining $13.75M allocated to 26 unsettled claims and $17M to attorneys. Up to $20M would be made available for future claims. Insurance would pay $51.75M, with the archdiocese paying the rest, up to a maximum of $39.7M. Unsettled claims and document release were agreed 4/17/07. Document release on 6/6/07 was meager. The State of Oregon settled separately for $1.05M with 14 alleged Sprauer victims who were also included in the settlement with the archdiocese.
Bridgeport CT	2003-10-16	16 priests (Gorecki, Grady, Bietighofer, DeShan, Federici, Donovan, Pcolka, Stubbs, Bonaszek, Coleman, Gray, McGoldrick, Morrissey, Veich, Albeke, and Ryan)	21,000	40	40%	315	"All settlements prior to the latest one total $16.7 million and involve 47 claims of sexual abuse of a minor."
Wilmington DE	2011-02-02	Names of priests not announced.	77,425	150	40%	310	Pending approval of judge, with contribution of religious orders yet to be determined
Hartford CT	2005-11-01	14 priests (Przybylo, Muha, Buckley, Ferguson, Graham, Reardon, Glynn, Maguire, Crowley, Paul, McSheffery, Paturzo, Foley, Shiner)	22,000	43	40%	307
Tucson AZ	2005-09-20	Reports do not provide number or all names of priests included in settlement, but Guillen, Barmasse, Gluch, and Rourke were reportedly included (see 1 2 3); diocese listed 34 accused (including 1 nun and 3 order priests) as of 12/15/04	22,200	45	40%	296	Settlement trust in backruptcy protection. Number of suviviors is an estimate.
Fairbanks AK - Jesuits	2007-11-16	12 Jesuit priests and three volunteers	50,000	110	40%	273
Covington KY	2006-01-09	35 priests (as of 6/4/05)	79,082	243	22%	254	Class action settlement. Original 6/3/05 agreement of $120M reduced when fewer survivors came forward than expected. The diocese settled with its self-insurers Catholic Mutual ($40M) and Fireman's Fund ($5M). Awards were to range from $5K to $450K. For extensive information on the class action settlement, see our cached copy of the class action website, with links to documents and articles.
Providence RI	2002-09-09	11 priests (Carpentier, D'Angelo, Desrosiers, Dunn, Lepire, LaMountain, Marcantonio, Meglio, Micarelli, O'Connell, and Silva) and 1 nun (Sr. Mary Claudine)	13,500	36	40%	225	For secrecy and the mediation process, see theAgreement to Mediate from the Providence settlement, submitted as an exhibit in a subsequent court filing (R.I. Supreme Court M 03 244, Exhibit E 22) and hence a part of the public record. Fee is actual/stated.
Oregon Province of the Jesuits	2011-03-25	Names of priests not announced.	166,100	500	40%	199	Settlement in bankruptcy. The province will pay $48.1 million and Safeco, their insurer, will pay $118 million. About $6 million from the settlement will go into a pool for future claims.
Spokane WA	2007-01-05	The names of the priests included in this settlement are not known. See Deal Allows Secrets to Remain, by John Stucke, Spokesman Review (5/4/07)	48,000	150	40%	192	Part of bankruptcy reorganization. $20M from 6 insurers; $18M from sale of chancery and other assets and from contributions; $1M from the 82 parishes. Payments $15K to $1.5 M. Some nonmonetary commitments, including a document release that has been criticized as selective.
Davenport IA	2004-10-28	11 priests (including 5 named priests: Bass, Wiebler, Geerts, Shafer, Janssen)	9,000	37	40%	146
Davenport IA	2007-12-04		37,000	162	40%	137	Settlement in bankruptcy case. See also this article. Included nonmonetary provisions.
Kansas City-St. Joseph MO	2008-08-19		10,000	47	40%	128	Included nonmonetary provisions.
Covington KY	2003-10-11	6 priests "at least" (including Nienaber, Pilger, Bierman)	5,165	27	27%	115	Amount per victim to be verified.
Paterson NJ	2005-02-15	2 priests (Hanley and Verettoni)	5,000	27	40%	111
Springfield MA	2004-08-17	19 priests (see partiallist)	7,750	46	40%	101
Boston MA	2003-09-09	140 priests, 2 others	84,250	552	40%	92
Boston MA	2009-06-30	The archdiocesan report from which the information about these settlements is derived does not name the priests involved.	3,600	27	40%	80	See also the full fiscal year 2009 report, from which the settlement report linked at the left is taken.
Boston MA	2005-06-30 and before	The archdiocesan report from which the information about these settlements is derived does not name the priests involved.	33,150	257	40%	77	This is an aggregate figure for Boston settlements before 6/30/05, not including the $10M settlement with Geoghan survivors on 9/18/02 and the $84.25M settlement on 9/9/03. We calculated the aggregate number by subtracting the amounts of those two settlements from the pre-6/30/05 totals of $127.4M and 895 survivors, as provided by the archdiocese in its 4/19/06 report.
Charleston SC	2007-07-30		10,300	80	40%	77	See also the links for the next settlement.
Boston MA (Geoghan)	2002-09-18	1 (Geoghan)	10,000	86	40%	70
Manchester NH	2003-05-22	23 priests	6,500	61	40%	64	As of this settlement,
Louisville KY	2003-06-10	34 priests and 5 workers (including Miller, Wood, and Clark)	25,700	243	40%	63
Boston MA	2008-06-30	The archdiocesan report from which the information about these settlements is derived does not name the priests involved.	5,475	55	40%	60	See also the full fiscal year 2008 report, from which the settlement report linked at the left is taken.
Manchester NH	2002-11-26	29 priests and 2 lay men (three names were withheld; others were: Aime Boisselle, Ronald Corriveau, Alfred Jannetta, Gerard Chalifour, Robert Densmore, Edmond Lemire, Leo Landry, Paul Groleau, Alfred Lapoint, Daniel Osgood, Wilfred Bombadier, Richard Connors, Alfred Constant, Karl Dowd, Mark Gauthier, Gerald Joyal, Francis Lamothe, Harvey Lamothe, Maurice Leclerc, Paul Aube, Albert Boulanger, Albion Bulger, Joseph Maquire, Stephen Scruton, Leo Shea, Francis Talbot, Guy Beaulieu, and Mr. Gerry Dane)	5,074	62	40%	49
Fall River MA	1992-12-03 and later	1 (Porter)	8,000	101	40%	48	Original 12/3/92 settlement involved 68 victims, but others subsequently joined.
Springfield MA	2008-12-03	At least 25 priests (seelist)	4,500	59	40%	46
Boston MA	2006-06-30	The archdiocesan report from which the information about these settlements is derived does not name the priests involved.	6,383	86	40%	45	The amount and number of survivors are aggregates, as reported in an archdiocesan report. See88 Victims Accept Offer from Church, by Michael Levenson, Boston Globe (3/10/06). See also the archdiocesan Financial Statements (6/30/2006 and 2005), PDF p. 29.
Fairbanks AK	2010-01-25	26 priests, 3 brothers, 7 nuns, 2 deacons, and 5 laymen (see list of names)	12,300	256	20%	38	Under the plan for reorganization, $9.8M will go into a fund for 256 victims. Another $2.5 million is going to lawyers, accountants, and other professionals. Payments to individuals will be decided case-by-case by a mediator.
Manchester NH	2003-05-22 <		2,111	33	40%	38	The report about the 5/22/03 settlement stated that in the past 11 months, 176 abuse cases had been settled for $15,450,000. But we know of 143 cases, settled in four settlements for $13,339,000. This line in the table represents the total cases minus the ones we know.
Boston MA	2007-06-30	The archdiocesan report from which the information about these settlements is derived does not name the priests involved.	2,073	34	40%	37	See also the full fiscal year 2007 report, from which the settlement report linked at the left is taken.
Cincinnati OH	2005-03-08	Number and names of the priests were not released. One day after the payouts from the Archdiocese Claim Resolution Compensation Fund, Archbishop Pilarczyk put three active priests on leave who were included in this settlement: Revs. Stanley Doerger, Michael Paraniuk, and David Vincent.	3,200	120	40%	27

 Master List of Settlements and Awards in Chronological Order

BishopAccountability.org has identified specific, mostly large settlements and awards totaling $2.49 billion, paid out by dioceses and religious orders and by their insurers to survivors of sexual abuse by clergy in the United States. These settlements are listed in the table below with links to sources. Note:

• The table includes few of the many smaller settlements under $1 million (less than 1% of the table)

• The table includes few pre-2002 settlements (less than 5% of the table)

Is it possible to estimate the total value of those other settlements?

As part of the John Jay College project, many bishops issued their own reports on abuse 1950-2002, including the settlement costs in those years. We have totaled the settlements in those local John Jay reports. The bishops count almost $750 million in settlements before 2002.

If we add the total of our big table and the bishops' pre-2002 number:

               $2,486,897,033
                +  749,600,189
               $3,236,497,222

we get over $3 billion. This very large number still leaves out the many small settlements done since 2002 but not yet included in our table, as well as any pre-2002 settlements that the bishops didn't include in their John Jay numbers.

Hence the total value of sexual abuse settlements in the United States is well over $3 billion. This $3 billion number far exceeds the dire prediction of Doyle, Peterson, and Mouton in 1985. And $3 billion is certainly an underestimate. Our table shows payouts to 5,048 survivors, only 33% of the 15,235 survivors who the bishops say have come forward.

 

 

ettlement	Date/Year	Priests	Amount ($000s)	Victims	Fees	Amount per Victim ($000s)	Comments
Lafayette LA	1984 to 1986	1 (Gauthe)	5,500	13	40%	254	Total of multiple settlements.
Lafayette LA	1986-02-07	1 (Gauthe)	1,250	1	40%	750	Award in jury trial; $1M for the victim and $250K for his parents.
Lafayette LA	1987-12-11	1 (Gauthe)	1,800	1	40%	1,080	Award in jury trial; $1.55M for the victim and $250K for his parents.
Lafayette LA	1986 to 1990	1 (Gauthe)	9,450	19	40%	298	Calculated from a 1990 total of $18M for payouts to 34 Gauthe victims, less the early settlements and the awards of the 1986 and 1987 trials.
Winona and St. Paul and Minneapolis MN	1990-12-07	1 priest (Adamson)	1,042	1	40%	625	The jury award of $3.5M was reduced by the judge on 4/30/91 to $1.042M in compensatory and punitive damages.
Orange and LA CA	1991-01-15	1 priest (Lenihan)	25	1	40%	15	The dioceses received a letter in 1978 regarding the abuse alleged in this case.
Fall River MA	1992-12-03 and later	1 (Porter)	8,000	101	40%	48	Original 12/3/92 settlement involved 68 victims, but others subsequently joined.
Camden NJ	1993-10	(McGarvey, Shannon, McElroy, Kelly, et al.)	1,800	15	40%	72
Camden NJ	1990 to 1994-01-11		1,400	4	40%	210	Amount and number of plaintiffs determined by subtracting the numbers for the October 1993 settlement (above) from a total since 1990 also provided in that article.
Altoona-Johnstown PA	1994-04-21	1 priest (Luddy)	2,569	1	40%	1,541	Jury found for plaintiff on 4/21/94; ultimate award of $2.569M in this complex case was $869K in compensatory damages, delay damages, and punitive damages to be paid by Luddy, plus $1.7M in restored punitive damages to be paid by diocese.
Bridgeport CT	1994-06-06	1 priest (Brett)	250	2	40%	75	A redacted copy of this settlement with confidentiality agreement is included in the Rosado documents, Bates 6897-6099. The Connecticut Post dates this settlement to May 1994, using the 5/20/94 date on which the plaintiffs signed the agreement. The effective date is 6/6/94, when Egan signed the document.
Covington KY	1995	1 priest (Bierman)	737	1	40%	442	Jury award.
Santa Rosa & SF CA	1996-03-21	3 (Keegan, O'Shea, Timmons)	2,500	15	40%	100
New York NY - Jesuits	1997-01-30	1 priest (O'Brien)	25	1	40%	15	See also the settlement agreement andO'Brien's work history.
Bridgeport CT	1997-08-26	1 priest (Brett)	1,000	1	40%	600	Jury award and punitive damages in Martinelli v. Bridgeport. Ultimately settled for an undisclosed amount.
Dallas TX	1998-03-04	1 priest (Kos)	7,500	3	40%	1,500	The 3 survivors represented by Demarest settled for $7.5M. They and the other 8 survivors (see below) were originally awarded $119.6M by a jury on 7/24/97.
Dallas TX	1998-07-10	1 priest (Kos)	23,400	8	40%	1,755	The 8 survivors represented by Turley settled for $23.4M. They and the other 3 survivors (see above) were originally awarded $119.6M by a jury on 7/24/97.
Stockton CA	1998-07-16	1 priest (O'Grady)	7,650	2	40%	2,295	Original jury award on 7/16/98 was $30 million.
St. Louis MO	1999-02-23	1 priest (Gummersbach)	1,200	1	40%	720
Santa Rosa CA	2000-03-09	1 priest (Kimball)	1,600	4	40%	115	By the terms of this unusual settlement, $500K was allocated to establishing programs to assist survivors. We have assumed that attorney's fees and expenses were calculated from the $1.6M, with the program and the cash payments to the plaintiffs coming out of the balance. There were several nonmonetary provisions as well.
Los Angeles CA	2000-12-04	1 priest (Harris)	5,200	1	40%	3,120	Included nonmonetary provisions.
Bridgeport CT	2001-03-08	6 priests (Pcolka, Federici, Carr, Coleman, Gorecki, and Malloy)	15,000	26	40%	346	The amount of this settlement was not reported at the time, but later articles have stated that it was "about $15 million," a number estimated from thediocesan total of $37.7M from 1953 to 2/15/04, minus the $21M settlement on 10/16/03, and the $250K settlement on 6/6/94. This leaves $450K for other settlements, for which amounts have not been disclosed, including:  • 1/13/89 (O'Connor) • 1/21/94 (Brett) • 6/26/95 (Coleman) • 3/4/98 (O'Connor) • 3/13/98 (O'Connor) • 5/24/99 (Federici) • Summer 1999 (Stubbs, Carr, and Moore) • 10/21/03 (Moore) After the 2/15/04 total, settlements were made for undisclosed amounts on: • 1/18/05 (Castaldo) • 8/1/06 (Gildea) On the 3/8/01 settlement, see background article with corrections on Malloy and discussion of Egan's role.

 

OK	2001-12	1 priest (Rapp)	5,000	1	40%	3,000
Tucson AZ	2002-01-30	4 priests (Trupia, Byrne, de la Pierre, and Teta)	14,000	11	40%	764
Orange and LA CA	2002-04-01	1 priest (Lenihan); 2nd priest (Baird) accused at press conference announcing settlement	1,200	1	40%	720	Suit filed 12/13/01, afterplaintiff read interviews about Lenihan. Heagreed to request laicization, perhaps as part of the settlement. Orange paid $960K and LA paid the rest. Baird's countersuit wasdismissed.
Los Angeles CA	2002-06	1 priest (Hagenbach)	1,500	1	40%	900
Omaha NE	2002-06-14	1 priest (Herek)	800	1	40%	480	Jury award of $750K to the survivor and $50K to his mother.
Orange CA	2002-08-23	1 priest (Lenihan)	400	1	40%	240
Los Gatos CA - Jesuits	2002-09-04	3 named Jesuit defendants, 1 priest (Burke) and 2 brothers (Connor and Ellis)	7,500	2	40%	2,250	See also this background article.
Providence RI	2002-09-09	11 priests (Carpentier, D'Angelo, Desrosiers, Dunn, Lepire, LaMountain, Marcantonio, Meglio, Micarelli, O'Connell, and Silva) and 1 nun (Sr. Mary Claudine)	13,500	36	40%	225	For secrecy and the mediation process, see the Agreement to Mediate from the Providence settlement, submitted as an exhibit in a subsequent court filing (R.I. Supreme Court M 03 244, Exhibit E 22) and hence a part of the public record. Fee is actual/stated.
Boston MA	2002-09-18	1 (Geoghan)	10,000	86	40%	70
Manchester NH	2002-10-10	8 priests	950	16	40%	36
Manchester NH	2002-11-26	29 priests and 2 lay men (three names were withheld; others were: Aime Boisselle, Ronald Corriveau, Alfred Jannetta, Gerard Chalifour, Robert Densmore, Edmond Lemire, Leo Landry, Paul Groleau, Alfred Lapoint, Daniel Osgood, Wilfred Bombadier, Richard Connors, Alfred Constant, Karl Dowd, Mark Gauthier, Gerald Joyal, Francis Lamothe, Harvey Lamothe, Maurice Leclerc, Paul Aube, Albert Boulanger, Albion Bulger, Joseph Maquire, Stephen Scruton, Leo Shea, Francis Talbot, Guy Beaulieu, and Mr. Gerry Dane)	5,074	62	40%	49
Boston MA  (Jesuits)	2003-01-09	2 (Talbot and McManus)	5,800	15	40%	232	Settlement mediated by Paul A. Finn and John Tierney. Abuse alleged at B.C. High and a Jesuit residence in Boston, and at Cheverus HS in Portland ME. Payments from $75K to >$1M.
Metuchen NJ	2003-01-29	5 priests	800	10	40%	48
Camden NJ	2003-03-13	15 priests (including Rigney)	880	23	40%	23
Manchester NH	2003-05-08	3 priests (names withheld)	815	4	40%	122
Manchester NH	2003-05-22	23 priests	6,500	61	40%	64	As of this settlement,
Manchester NH	2003-05-22 <		2,111	33	40%	38	The report about the 5/22/03 settlement stated that in the past 11 months, 176 abuse cases had been settled for $15,450,000. But we know of 143 cases, settled in four settlements for $13,339,000. This line in the table represents the total cases minus the ones we know.
Louisville KY	2003-06-10	34 priests and 5 workers (including Miller, Wood, and Clark)	25,700	243	40%	63
San Bernardino CA	2003-06-30	1 priest (Ball)	4,200	2	40%	1,260	On 10/15/03, a judgeordered Ball to pay the plaintiffs $26M; it appears unlikely that he will be able to do so.
Chicago IL	2003-07-01	1 priest (McCaffrey)	1,900	1	40%	1,140
Chicago IL	2003-07-10	1 priest (McCaffrey)	4,000	4	40%	600
Tucson AZ	2003-08-14	1 lay teacher (Speers)	1,800	5	40%	216
Boston MA	2003-09-09	140 priests, 2 others	84,250	552	40%	92	See the text of the "Memorandum of Understanding" and the "Settlement Agreement & Arbitration Agreement".
Seattle WA	2003-09-11	1 priest (McGreal)	7,870	15	40%	315
Chicago IL	2003-10-02	11 priests (Snieg, Cloutier, Ruge, Becker, Buck, Hagan, Huppenbauer, Keough, Kissane, Maday, and Skriba)	8,000	15	40%	320
Covington KY	2003-10-11	6 priests "at least" (including Nienaber, Pilger, Bierman)	5,165	27	27%	115	Amount per victim to be verified.
Bridgeport CT	2003-10-16	16 priests (Gorecki, Grady, Bietighofer, DeShan, Federici, Donovan, Pcolka, Stubbs, Bonaszek, Coleman, Gray, McGoldrick, Morrissey, Veich, Albeke, and Ryan)	21,000	40	40%	315	"All settlements prior to the latest one total $16.7 million and involve 47 claims of sexual abuse of a minor."
Oakland CA	2003-11-24	1 priest (Freitas)	1,050	1	40%	630	Freitas is to pay $16M; his ability to do so is in doubt.
Covington KY	2003-12-04	Number and names of all priests not reported (included Holtz)	1,000	5	40%	120	This settlement included the lead plaintiff in an ongoing class action ultimately settled on 1/9/06. That plaintiff accused Holtz. The $1M is approximated by comparing the article linked at the left, which provides a running total, with an article about the previous 10/11/03 settlement for $5.165.
Bridgeport CT	2004	2 priests (Msgr. William Genuario and Msgr. Frank Wissel)	40	2	40%	24
Oakland CA	2004-01-23	1 priest (Francis)	3,050	1	40%	1,830
Covington KY	2004-01-28	Number and names of priests not reported.	2,000	7	40%	171	The $2M is approximated by comparing the article linked at the left, which provides a running total, with the previous10/11/03 settlement for $5.165, and the 12/4/02 settlement for approximately $1M.

 

St. Petersburg FL	2004-04-15	1 priest (Schaeufele)	1,075	12	40%	54
St. Louis MO	2004-04-21	1 priest (Wolken)	1,675	1	40%	1,005
Altoona-Johnstown PA	2004-05-27	Priests and a school teacher.	3,710	21	40%	106
Toledo OH	2004-07-03	1 priest (Rev. Bernard Kokocinski)	500	2	40%	150	Amount is estimated from the $150K that one of the survivors received. We estimate that the settlement amount before attorney's fees was $250K, and that the other survivor received the same award. Settlement included five nonmonetary provisions, one of which was not fulfilled properly.
Springfield MA	2004-08-17	19 priests (see partiallist)	7,750	46	40%	101
Toledo OH	2004-08-20	Number and names of priests not included in news reports.	1,190	23	40%	31	Diocesan self-insurance covered this settlement; see article. One of the 23 survivors might have opted out of the settlement.
St. Louis MO	2004-08-26	5 priests (McGrath, Ferraro, Yim, Anderson, Kuchar) and 1 nun (Fischer)	2,000	18	40%	67
Miami FL	2004-09-22	5 priests (Garcia-Rubio, Guichard, Castellanos, Cinesi, Huck)	3,400	23	40%	89
Newark NJ	2004-10-08	9 priests	1,000	10	40%	60
Davenport IA	2004-10-28	11 priests (including 5 named priests: Bass, Wiebler, Geerts, Shafer, Janssen)	9,000	37	40%	146
Orange CA	2004-12-02	31 priests, 10 lay personnel, 2 nuns, and 1 brother	100,000	91	40%	659	Diocesan files were released as part of the settlement.
Seattle WA	2004-12-17	2 priests (McGreal and Jaeger)	1,800	12	40%	90
Oakland CA	2004-12-23	3 brothers	6,300	3	40%	1,260
Paterson NJ	2005-02-15	2 priests (Hanley and Verettoni)	5,000	27	40%	111
Cincinnati OH	2005-03-08	Number and names of the priests were not released. One day after the payouts from the Archdiocese Claim Resolution Compensation Fund, Archbishop Pilarczyk put three active priests on leave who were included in this settlement: Revs. Stanley Doerger, Michael Paraniuk, and David Vincent.	3,200	120	40%	27
Oakland CA	2005-03-24	1 priest (Pritchard)	437	1	40%	262	Jury award.
Fort Worth TX	2005-03-31	1 priest (Teczar)	1,400	1	40%	840
Fairbanks AK-Jesuits	2005-04-07	1 priest (Poole)	1,000	1	40%	600
Fort Worth TX	2005-04-09	1 priest (Teczar)	2,750	1	40%	1,650
Oakland CA	2005-04-15	1 priest (Ponciroli)	1,930	2	40%	579
San Francisco CA	2005-04-20	1 priest (Joseph Pritchard)	5,800	4	40%	870	Jury award.
Santa Rosa CA	2005-04-22	1 priest (Donald Kimball)	3,300	1	40%	1,980
Orlando & St. Augustine FL	2005-05	2 priests (Uhran and Reason)	1,500	3	40%	300
Davenport IA	2005-05-09	1 priest (Janssen)	1,892	1	40%	1,135	Jury ordered Janssen to pay $632K in punitive damages and $1.26M in other damages.
Stockton CA	2005-05-19	1 priest (Oliver O'Grady)	3,000	1	40%	1,800
San Francisco CA	2005-06-10	5 priests (Pritchard, Noia, Arthur Harrison, Murnig, and Ingels)	21,200	15	40%	848
Seattle WA	2005-06-10	2 priests ( Moffat and Boyle)	1,700	4	40%	255
Sacramento CA	2005-06-29	10 (Lynch, Boyle, Moreno, Garcia, Urbina, Brady, Henson, Mennis, Blanco, and one unnamed)	35,000	33	40%	636	Settled one day before civil trial of Blanco was set to begin. Insurers covered <50%. Minimum pre-fee payout was $400K; maximum was $4.25M.
Boston MA	2005-06-30 and before	The archdiocesan report from which the information about these settlements is derived does not name the priests involved.	33,150	257	40%	77	This is an aggregate figure for Boston settlements before 6/30/05, not including the $10M settlement with Geoghan survivors on 9/18/02 and the$84.25M settlement on 9/9/03. We calculated the aggregate number by subtracting the amounts of those two settlements from the pre-6/30/05 totals of $127.4M and 895 survivors, as provided by the archdiocese in its4/19/06 report.
Santa Rosa CA	2005-07-01	3 priests (Gleeson, Kimball, and Timmons)	7,300	8	40%	548
San Francisco CA	2005-07-08	1 priest (Pritchard)	16,000	12	40%	800
Oakland CA	2005-08-05	Reports do not provide the number or all names of priests in the settlement, but included were 2 claims of abuse by Ponciroli and 4 claims of abuse by Kiesle.	56,000	56	40%	600	See also other articles on the settlement and the funding of this settlement.
Seattle WA - Benedictines	2005-08-27	1 priest (Forrester)	2,600	7	40%	223	As of this settlement, "The Seattle Archdiocese has now settled 197 such claims for $19.6 million since the late 1980s."
San Francisco CA	2005-09-02	1 priest (O'Shea)	4,000	4	40%	600
Tucson AZ	2005-09-20	Reports do not provide number or all names of priests included in settlement, but Guillen, Barmasse, Gluch, and Rourke were reportedly included (see 1 2 3); dioceselisted 34 accused (including 1 nun and 3 order priests) as of 12/15/04	22,200	45	40%	296	Settlement trust in backruptcy protection. Number of suviviors is an estimate.
San Francisco CA	2005-10-11	1 priest (O'Shea)	2,600	2	40%	780
Hartford CT	2005-11-01	14 priests (Przybylo, Muha, Buckley, Ferguson, Graham, Reardon, Glynn, Maguire, Crowley, Paul, McSheffery, Paturzo, Foley, Shiner)	22,000	43	40%	307
Covington KY	2006-01-09	Number and names of priests not reported.	2,500	19	40%	79	The Covington diocese settled claims outside the 1/9/06 class action settlement (see below), as announced on10/11/03, 12/4/03,1/28/04, and 1/9/06 (this batch of settlements, confirmed in a statement by Carrie Huff, attorney for the diocese). The amount and number of survivors can be determined by comparing the latest running total with the previous ones.
Covington KY	2006-01-09	35 priests (as of 6/4/05)	79,082	243	22%	254	Class action settlement. Original 6/3/05 agreement of $120M reduced when fewer survivors came forward than expected. The diocese settled with its self-insurers Catholic Mutual ($40M) and Fireman's Fund ($5M). Awards were to range from $5K to $450K. For extensive information on the class action settlement, see our cached copy of theclass action website, with links to documents and articles.
Dubuque IA	2006-02-21	9 priests (Carman, Goltz, McElliot, Olinger, Peters, Reiss, Roach, Schmitz, and Schwartz)	5,000	20	40%	150	Archdiocese also agreed to pay for therapy for the victims and their spouses (up to 12 sessions in 2006), list the priests on its official Web site, allow victims to speak at the parish, and have Archbishop Hanus make public and private apologies.
Los Angeles CA - Franciscans	2006-03-13	10 priests and brothers (including Cimmarusti, Van Handel, Krumm, and Cabot)	28,000	25	40%	672
Jackson MS	2006-03-16	Priests include Broussard, Kirchner, and Haddican	5,100	19	40%	161	Included nonmonetary provisions.
Seattle WA	2006-04-01	1 priest (Cornelius)	1,000	2	40%	300
Boston MA	2006-06-30	The archdiocesan report from which the information about these settlements is derived does not name the priests involved.	6,383	86	40%	45	The amount and number of survivors are aggregates, as reported in an archdiocesan report. See 88 Victims Accept Offer from Church, by Michael Levenson, Boston Globe (3/10/06). See also the archdiocesan Financial Statements (6/30/2006 and 2005), PDF p. 29.
Anchorage AK and Boston MA	2006-08-04	1 priest (Murphy)	1,400	5	40%	168	The Missionary Society of St. James the Apostle was also included in the settlement.
Milwaukee WI	2006-09-01	2 priests (Becker and Widera)	16,650	10	40%	999
Davenport IA	2006-09-18	1 priest (Feeney)	1,537	1	40%	922
Los Angeles CA - Carmelites	2006-10-27	1 priest (Savino)	10,000	7	40%	857
Norwich CT	2006-11-30	1 priest (Primavera)	1,100	1	40%	660
Los Angeles CA	2006-12-01	7 priests active during Mahony's time in LA (Baker, Henry, Rodriguez, Wempe; and Dober, Martini, and Orellana, whom the archdiocese previously cleared)	60,000	45	40%	800
Washington DC	2006-12-16	8 priests (Hartel, Lavin, Schaeffer, Smith, Pritchard, Finan, Petrella, and Callahan)	1,300	16	40%	49
Spokane WA	2007-01-05	The names of the priests included in this settlement are not known. See Deal Allows Secrets to Remain, by John Stucke, Spokesman Review (5/4/07)	48,000	150	40%	192	Part of bankruptcy reorganization. $20M from 6 insurers; $18M from sale of chancery and other assets and from contributions; $1M from the 82 parishes. Payments $15K to $1.5 M. Some nonmonetary commitments, including a document release that has been criticized as selective.

 

St. Petersburg FL	2004-04-15	1 priest (Schaeufele)	1,075	12	40%	54
St. Louis MO	2004-04-21	1 priest (Wolken)	1,675	1	40%	1,005
Altoona-Johnstown PA	2004-05-27	Priests and a school teacher.	3,710	21	40%	106
Toledo OH	2004-07-03	1 priest (Rev. Bernard Kokocinski)	500	2	40%	150	Amount is estimated from the $150K that one of the survivors received. We estimate that the settlement amount before attorney's fees was $250K, and that the other survivor received the same award. Settlement included five nonmonetary provisions, one of which was not fulfilled properly.
Springfield MA	2004-08-17	19 priests (see partiallist)	7,750	46	40%	101
Toledo OH	2004-08-20	Number and names of priests not included in news reports.	1,190	23	40%	31	Diocesan self-insurance covered this settlement; see article. One of the 23 survivors might have opted out of the settlement.
St. Louis MO	2004-08-26	5 priests (McGrath, Ferraro, Yim, Anderson, Kuchar) and 1 nun (Fischer)	2,000	18	40%	67
Miami FL	2004-09-22	5 priests (Garcia-Rubio, Guichard, Castellanos, Cinesi, Huck)	3,400	23	40%	89
Newark NJ	2004-10-08	9 priests	1,000	10	40%	60
Davenport IA	2004-10-28	11 priests (including 5 named priests: Bass, Wiebler, Geerts, Shafer, Janssen)	9,000	37	40%	146
Orange CA	2004-12-02	31 priests, 10 lay personnel, 2 nuns, and 1 brother	100,000	91	40%	659	Diocesan files were released as part of the settlement.
Seattle WA	2004-12-17	2 priests (McGreal and Jaeger)	1,800	12	40%	90
Oakland CA	2004-12-23	3 brothers	6,300	3	40%	1,260
Paterson NJ	2005-02-15	2 priests (Hanley and Verettoni)	5,000	27	40%	111
Cincinnati OH	2005-03-08	Number and names of the priests were not released. One day after the payouts from the Archdiocese Claim Resolution Compensation Fund, Archbishop Pilarczyk put three active priests on leave who were included in this settlement: Revs. Stanley Doerger, Michael Paraniuk, and David Vincent.	3,200	120	40%	27
Oakland CA	2005-03-24	1 priest (Pritchard)	437	1	40%	262	Jury award.
Fort Worth TX	2005-03-31	1 priest (Teczar)	1,400	1	40%	840
Fairbanks AK-Jesuits	2005-04-07	1 priest (Poole)	1,000	1	40%	600
Fort Worth TX	2005-04-09	1 priest (Teczar)	2,750	1	40%	1,650
Oakland CA	2005-04-15	1 priest (Ponciroli)	1,930	2	40%	579
San Francisco CA	2005-04-20	1 priest (Joseph Pritchard)	5,800	4	40%	870	Jury award.
Santa Rosa CA	2005-04-22	1 priest (Donald Kimball)	3,300	1	40%	1,980
Orlando & St. Augustine FL	2005-05	2 priests (Uhran and Reason)	1,500	3	40%	300
Davenport IA	2005-05-09	1 priest (Janssen)	1,892	1	40%	1,135	Jury ordered Janssen to pay $632K in punitive damages and $1.26M in other damages.
Stockton CA	2005-05-19	1 priest (Oliver O'Grady)	3,000	1	40%	1,800
San Francisco CA	2005-06-10	5 priests (Pritchard, Noia, Arthur Harrison, Murnig, and Ingels)	21,200	15	40%	848
Seattle WA	2005-06-10	2 priests ( Moffat and Boyle)	1,700	4	40%	255
Sacramento CA	2005-06-29	10 (Lynch, Boyle, Moreno, Garcia, Urbina, Brady, Henson, Mennis, Blanco, and one unnamed)	35,000	33	40%	636	Settled one day before civil trial of Blanco was set to begin. Insurers covered <50%. Minimum pre-fee payout was $400K; maximum was $4.25M.
Boston MA	2005-06-30 and before	The archdiocesan report from which the information about these settlements is derived does not name the priests involved.	33,150	257	40%	77	This is an aggregate figure for Boston settlements before 6/30/05, not including the $10M settlement with Geoghan survivors on 9/18/02 and the$84.25M settlement on 9/9/03. We calculated the aggregate number by subtracting the amounts of those two settlements from the pre-6/30/05 totals of $127.4M and 895 survivors, as provided by the archdiocese in its4/19/06 report.
Santa Rosa CA	2005-07-01	3 priests (Gleeson, Kimball, and Timmons)	7,300	8	40%	548
San Francisco CA	2005-07-08	1 priest (Pritchard)	16,000	12	40%	800
Oakland CA	2005-08-05	Reports do not provide the number or all names of priests in the settlement, but included were 2 claims of abuse by Ponciroli and 4 claims of abuse by Kiesle.	56,000	56	40%	600	See also other articles on the settlement and the funding of this settlement.
Seattle WA - Benedictines	2005-08-27	1 priest (Forrester)	2,600	7	40%	223	As of this settlement, "The Seattle Archdiocese has now settled 197 such claims for $19.6 million since the late 1980s."
San Francisco CA	2005-09-02	1 priest (O'Shea)	4,000	4	40%	600
Tucson AZ	2005-09-20	Reports do not provide number or all names of priests included in settlement, but Guillen, Barmasse, Gluch, and Rourke were reportedly included (see 1 2 3); dioceselisted 34 accused (including 1 nun and 3 order priests) as of 12/15/04	22,200	45	40%	296	Settlement trust in backruptcy protection. Number of suviviors is an estimate.
San Francisco CA	2005-10-11	1 priest (O'Shea)	2,600	2	40%	780
Hartford CT	2005-11-01	14 priests (Przybylo, Muha, Buckley, Ferguson, Graham, Reardon, Glynn, Maguire, Crowley, Paul, McSheffery, Paturzo, Foley, Shiner)	22,000	43	40%	307
Covington KY	2006-01-09	Number and names of priests not reported.	2,500	19	40%	79	The Covington diocese settled claims outside the 1/9/06 class action settlement (see below), as announced on10/11/03, 12/4/03,1/28/04, and 1/9/06 (this batch of settlements, confirmed in a statement by Carrie Huff, attorney for the diocese). The amount and number of survivors can be determined by comparing the latest running total with the previous ones.
Covington KY	2006-01-09	35 priests (as of 6/4/05)	79,082	243	22%	254	Class action settlement. Original 6/3/05 agreement of $120M reduced when fewer survivors came forward than expected. The diocese settled with its self-insurers Catholic Mutual ($40M) and Fireman's Fund ($5M). Awards were to range from $5K to $450K. For extensive information on the class action settlement, see our cached copy of theclass action website, with links to documents and articles.
Dubuque IA	2006-02-21	9 priests (Carman, Goltz, McElliot, Olinger, Peters, Reiss, Roach, Schmitz, and Schwartz)	5,000	20	40%	150	Archdiocese also agreed to pay for therapy for the victims and their spouses (up to 12 sessions in 2006), list the priests on its official Web site, allow victims to speak at the parish, and have Archbishop Hanus make public and private apologies.
Los Angeles CA - Franciscans	2006-03-13	10 priests and brothers (including Cimmarusti, Van Handel, Krumm, and Cabot)	28,000	25	40%	672
Jackson MS	2006-03-16	Priests include Broussard, Kirchner, and Haddican	5,100	19	40%	161	Included nonmonetary provisions.
Seattle WA	2006-04-01	1 priest (Cornelius)	1,000	2	40%	300
Boston MA	2006-06-30	The archdiocesan report from which the information about these settlements is derived does not name the priests involved.	6,383	86	40%	45	The amount and number of survivors are aggregates, as reported in an archdiocesan report. See 88 Victims Accept Offer from Church, by Michael Levenson, Boston Globe (3/10/06). See also the archdiocesan Financial Statements (6/30/2006 and 2005), PDF p. 29.
Anchorage AK and Boston MA	2006-08-04	1 priest (Murphy)	1,400	5	40%	168	The Missionary Society of St. James the Apostle was also included in the settlement.
Milwaukee WI	2006-09-01	2 priests (Becker and Widera)	16,650	10	40%	999
Davenport IA	2006-09-18	1 priest (Feeney)	1,537	1	40%	922
Los Angeles CA - Carmelites	2006-10-27	1 priest (Savino)	10,000	7	40%	857
Norwich CT	2006-11-30	1 priest (Primavera)	1,100	1	40%	660
Los Angeles CA	2006-12-01	7 priests active during Mahony's time in LA (Baker, Henry, Rodriguez, Wempe; and Dober, Martini, and Orellana, whom the archdiocese previously cleared)	60,000	45	40%	800
Washington DC	2006-12-16	8 priests (Hartel, Lavin, Schaeffer, Smith, Pritchard, Finan, Petrella, and Callahan)	1,300	16	40%	49
Spokane WA	2007-01-05	The names of the priests included in this settlement are not known. See Deal Allows Secrets to Remain, by John Stucke, Spokesman Review (5/4/07)	48,000	150	40%	192	Part of bankruptcy reorganization. $20M from 6 insurers; $18M from sale of chancery and other assets and from contributions; $1M from the 82 parishes. Payments $15K to $1.5 M. Some nonmonetary commitments, including a document release that has been criticized as selective.

 

Denver CO	2007-01-05	2 priests (White and Abercrombie)	1,580	15	40%	63
Seattle WA - Irish Christian Brothers	2007-02-07	1 brother (Courtney)	1,900	5	40%	228
Dubuque IA	2007-03-27	6 priests (McElliot, Schwartz, Brickle, Patnode, Devenney, and Schmitt)	2,600	9	40%	173
Fairbanks AK and Oregon Province of Jesuits	2007-03-29	1 priest (Rev. James E. Jacobson SJ)	1,960	4	40%	294
Portland OR	2007-04-17	It is difficult to establish what clerics and others were included. But seeClaims in Court Far Outnumber Church Listing, by Ashbel S. Green and Steve Woodward, The Oregonian (11/12/06).	71,450	169	19%	342	Of the $71.45M, $40.7 was to go to 146 claimants, with the remaining $13.75M allocated to 26 unsettled claims and $17M to attorneys. Up to $20M would be made available for future claims. Insurance would pay $51.75M, with the archdiocese paying the rest, up to a maximum of $39.7M. Unsettled claims and document release were agreed 4/17/07. Document release on 6/6/07 was meager. The State of Oregon settledseparately for $1.05M with 14 alleged Sprauer victims who were also included in the settlement with the archdiocese.
Rockford IL	2007-05-10	1 priest (Campobello)	2,200	2	40%	660
Portland OR	2007-05-16	1 priest (Sprauer)	1,385	2	40%	416	Jury award holding Sprauer and the state financially liable for damages. Award includes $100K in punitive damages.
Rockville Centre NY	2007-05-18	1 lay music minister (Maiello)	11,450	2	40%	3,435	Verdict in a civil trial.
Chicago IL	2007-05-29	12 priests (Fitzharris, Mayer, Craig, Kissane, Huppenbauer, Maday, McCaffrey, O'Brien, Ruge, Becker, Kmak, and McNamara)	6,650	15	40%	266
Boston MA	2007-06-30	The archdiocesan report from which the information about these settlements is derived does not name the priests involved.	2,073	34	40%	37	See also the full fiscal year 2007 report, from which the settlement report linked at the left is taken.
Los Angeles CA	2007-07-14	221 priests, brothers, lay teachers and other church employees	660,000	508	40%	780	The archdiocese committed to release documents as part of the settlement but as yet has not.
Charleston SC	2007-07-30		10,300	80	40%	77	See also the links for the next settlement.
Charleston SC	2007-08-30		1,375	11 (5 victims and 6 parents)	40%	75	See also Diocese, Victims Settle, by Adam Parker, Post and Courier (9/15/07) and the related settlement above.
San Diego CA	2007-09-07		198,100	144	40%	825	Settlement in bankruptcy.
San Bernardino CA	2007-09-07	8 priests	15,100	11	40%	824
Santa Rosa CA	2007-09-13	1 priest (Ochoa-Perez)	5,020	10	40%	301
Orange CA	2007-10-05	4 lay employees (Andrade, Stukenholtz, Seckman, and Schildknecht)	6,685	4	40%	1,003
St. Louis MO - Marianists	2007-10-19	1 brother (Mueller)	160	1	40%	96
Fairbanks AK - Jesuits	2007-11-16	12 Jesuit priests and three volunteers	50,000	110	40%	273
Davenport IA	2007-12-04		37,000	162	40%	137	Settlement in bankruptcy case. See also thisarticle. Includednonmonetary provisions.
Spokane WA - Jesuits	2008-01-04	1 priest (Morse) and 1 brother (Gates)	4,800	16	40%	180
Wilmington DE	2008-01-18	1 priest (Smith)	450	1	40%	270	Settlement with Wilmington diocese; does not include Norbertine order. Jury previously awarded$41M to the plaintiff, $6 million in compensatory damages and $35 million in punitive damages, to be paid by Smith.
Dubuque IA	2008-04-10	9 priests (Reed, Wendling, Swift, DeVenney, Saunders, Goltz, Reiss, Schmitt, Carman)	4,700	18	40%	157	The church will pay for up to 12 continuing therapy sessions per victim and grant each victim a private interview with Archbishop Jerome Hanus. The church also will update its Table of Accused Priests, and remove photos and names of the accused priests from public display in its facilities.
Burlington VT	2008-05-13	1 priest (Paquette)	784	1	40%	470	Jury award of $950K in compensatory damages and $7.75M in punitive damages.
Los Angeles CA - Salesians	2008-05-14	1 priest (Miani)	19,500	17	40%	688
Boston MA	2008-06-30	The archdiocesan report from which the information about these settlements is derived does not name the priests involved.	5,475	55	40%	60	See also the full fiscal year 2008 report, from which the settlement report linked at the left is taken.
Denver CO	2008-07-01	3 priests (White, Abercrombie, St. Peter)	5,500	18	40%	183	See also Church Settles 18 Suits, by Electa Draper, Denver Post, July 2, 2008.
Chicago IL	2008-08-12	11 priests (Becker, Bennett, Craig, Hagan, Kelly, Maday, Mayer, McCormack, Owens, Ruge, Steel)	12,675	16	40%	475	Depositions by Georgeand later Goedert were released under the nonmonetary provisions of this ongoing settlement. See alsoother articles.
Kansas City-St. Joseph MO	2008-08-19		10,000	47	40%	128	Included nonmonetary provisions. See also a useful article on these nonmonetary terms.
Belleville IL	2008-08-27	1 priest (Kownacki)	5,000	1	40%	3,000	Jury verdict in civil trial: $2.4M in compensatory damages and $2.6M in punitive damages. Verdict upheld 10/31/08. Diocese filed notice of appeal on 11/26/08.
Providence RI	2008-08-29		1,300	4	40%	195
Chicago IL	2008-09-11		2,500	1	40%	1,500
Chicago IL	2008-09-18		1,650	1	40%	990
Pueblo CO - Marianists	2008-10-30	1 brother (Mueller)	4,200	23	40%	110	In August 2010, a judgeordered Mueller to pay one of his victims $500K. We have not included that court order in this table's total.
Seattle WA - Christian Bros	2008-11		7,150	11	40%	390
Springfield MA	2008-12-03	At least 25 priests (seelist)	4,500	59	40%	46
Burlington VT	2008-12-17	1 priest (Paquette)	784	1	40%	470	Jury awarded $192,500 in compensatory damages and $3.4M in punitive damages. Victim offered to use money to finance Catholic educations in diocese if the diocese takes certain actions. Diocese has appealed.
Seattle WA - Christian Bros	2009-01-29		7,000	13	40%	323
Memphis TN	2009-02-28		2,000	1	40%	1,200
Wilmington DE	2009-04-08	1 priest (Rev. Edward Carley)	1,500	1	40%	900	Nonmonetary terms of the settlement includedletters of apology that were not sent.
Monterey CA	2009-06-03	2 priests (Guillen and Velez)	1,200	1	40%	720	This settlement was reached with a survivor who had previously been compensated in the Tucson bankruptcy.
Boston MA	2009-06-30	The archdiocesan report from which the information about these settlements is derived does not name the priests involved.	3,600	27	40%	80	See also the full fiscal year 2009 report, from which the settlement report linked at the left is taken.
Chicago IL	2009-07-21		3,900	6	40%	390	Depositions of Goedert, and of Georgepreviously, were released under the terms of this ongoing settlement. See alsoother articles.
Burlington VT	2009-10-09	1 priest (Paquette)	784	1	40%	470
Belleville IL	2009-10-22	1 priest (Kownacki)	1,200	1	40%	720
Savannah GA	2009-10-28	1 priest (Rev. Wayland Y. Brown)	4,240	1	40%	2,544	In addition to the $4.24M settlement, the survivor had previously received $200K for therapy, which is not included in this table.
Portland ME	2009-11-05	1 priest (Rev. James Vallely)	200	1	40%	120
Fairbanks AK	2010-01-25	26 priests, 3 brothers, 7 nuns, 2 deacons, and 5 laymen (see list of names)	12,300	256	20%	38	Under the plan for reorganization, $9.8M will go into a fund for 256 victims. Another $2.5 million is going to lawyers, accountants, and other professionals. Payments to individuals will be decided case-by-case by a mediator.
Indianapolis IN	2010-05-03	1 priest (Rev. Harry Monroe)	199	1	40%	119	Archdiocese agreed to settle two weeks before trial. Settlement also includes nonmonetary commitments.
Burlington VT	2010-05-13	Paquette and others	17,650	26	40%	407
Charlotte NC and Capuchins	2010-06-10	1 priest (Rev. Robert Yurgel)	1,230	1	40%	738	Settled for $1M plus therapy and medication costs, after extensive discovery, including 25 depositions and production of more than 40,000 pages of documents. See article. Capuchins then paid $230K to plaintiff in order to resolve disputed and contested claims.
Lansing MI	2010-08-11	1 priest (Msgr. John Slowey)	250	1	40%	150
Wilmington DE	2011-02-02	Names of priests not announced.	77,425	150	40%	310	Pending approval of judge, with contribution of religious orders yet to be determined
Oregon Province of the Jesuits	2011-03-25	Names of priests not announced.	166,100	500	40%	199	Settlement in bankruptcy. The province will pay $48.1 million and Safeco, their insurer, will pay $118 million. About $6 million from the settlement will go into a pool for future claims.
TOTALS			$2,486,897,033	5,679		$268,466	average