Douse yourself in holy water. Here's the latest from Seattle:
Jesuits settle abuse claims for $163m
- AP
- March 26, 2011
IN one of the largest settlements in the Catholic church's sweeping sex abuse
scandal, an order of priests has agreed to pay $US166.1 million ($163 million)
to hundreds of Native Americans and Alaska Natives who were abused at the
order's schools around the US Pacific Northwest.
The settlement between more than 450 victims and the Oregon Province of the
Society of Jesus also calls for a written apology to the victims and disclosure
of documents to them, including their personal medical records.
"It's a day of reckoning and justice," said Clarita Vargas, who said she and her
two sisters were abused by the head of St Mary's Mission and School, a former
Jesuit-run Indian boarding school on the Colville Indian Reservation near Omak,
Washington state, in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The abuse began when they were as young as six or seven, she said. "My spirit
was wounded, and this makes it feel better."
The province ran village and reservation schools in Oregon, Washington state,
Idaho, Montana and Alaska.
Society of Jesus also calls for a written apology to the victims and disclosure
of documents to them, including their personal medical records.
"It's a day of reckoning and justice," said Clarita Vargas, who said she and her
two sisters were abused by the head of St Mary's Mission and School, a former
Jesuit-run Indian boarding school on the Colville Indian Reservation near Omak,
Washington state, in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The abuse began when they were as young as six or seven, she said. "My spirit
was wounded, and this makes it feel better."
The province ran village and reservation schools in Oregon, Washington state,
Idaho, Montana and Alaska.
The claims are from victims who were students at
schools in all five states. Nearly all the victims are
Native Americans or Alaska Natives.
schools in all five states. Nearly all the victims are
Native Americans or Alaska Natives.
The province previously settled another 200 claims.
Then the organisation filed for bankruptcy in 2009,
claiming the payments had depleted its treasury.
Then the organisation filed for bankruptcy in 2009,
claiming the payments had depleted its treasury.
But victims argued the province remained wealthy
because it controls and owns Gonzaga University,
Gonzaga Preparatory School, Seattle University
and other schools and properties.
because it controls and owns Gonzaga University,
Gonzaga Preparatory School, Seattle University
and other schools and properties.
Many of the abuses happened in remote villages and
on reservations. The order was accused of using those
areas as dumping grounds for problem priests.
on reservations. The order was accused of using those
areas as dumping grounds for problem priests.
Both the order and its insurers are paying into the settlement.
Although the victims' lawyers initially cited the wealth of the Jesuit colleges and
prep schools in the region, they did not pursue that argument during the bankruptcy
negotiations, so the settlement does not includes such institutions as Gonzaga
University in Spokane, famous for its successful basketball program.
prep schools in the region, they did not pursue that argument during the bankruptcy
negotiations, so the settlement does not includes such institutions as Gonzaga
University in Spokane, famous for its successful basketball program.
The settlement is believed to be the Catholic Church's third-largest in the sex abuse cases,
behind the Los Angeles Diocese, which agreed to pay $US660 million ($647.09 million) to
508 victims, and the San Diego Diocese, which agreed to pay $US198 million
($194.13 million) to 144 victims, according to the website BishopAccountability.org."
behind the Los Angeles Diocese, which agreed to pay $US660 million ($647.09 million) to
508 victims, and the San Diego Diocese, which agreed to pay $US198 million
($194.13 million) to 144 victims, according to the website BishopAccountability.org."
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In the opinion of this blogger, the Pope should resign. When Ratzinger was a Bishop,
he kept sending the perverts to different schools like musical chairs. He's as bad as
they are. Perverts!
In the opinion of this blogger, the Pope should resign. When Ratzinger was a Bishop,
he kept sending the perverts to different schools like musical chairs. He's as bad as
they are. Perverts!
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