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Wednesday, August 17th, 2016

The Vatican Has Paid Close To $4 Billion To Settle Child Molestation Lawsuits

Author:     Alexa Erickson
Source:     Collective Evolution
Publication Date:     August 12, 2016
 Link: The Vatican Has Paid Close To $4 Billion To Settle Child Molestation Lawsuits
Stephan:   The sexual molestation of children has become one of the defining hallmarks of the Roman Catholic Church in spite of Pope Francis' passionate denunciation of it; and it continues to this day. Almost every day I see stories of priests, recently involved in these practices. Everyone seems to know that 10s of thousands of boy and girls around the world have been prayed upon sexually by priests, but few seem to realize what this has cost the Church not only morally, but financially. Here is that story. As I read it all I could think about was little boys and girls with quarters wrapped in their handkerchiefs to put into the collection plate; and elderly grandmothers with a few dollars they have set aside in their handbags for the same donation. Billions of those quarters and dollars have gone to pay for the sexual dysfunctionality of the Roman Catholic clergy.
Conclave of cardinals

Conclave of cardinals

The reality of child molestation by the Roman Catholic Church has surfaced time and time again, and yet, somehow, it continues to happen. If you watched the movie Spotlight, perhaps you have an idea of just how things are going down. But let’s break it down to date.

While you can’t put a price on the innocence of a child, you can put a price on just how much the Roman Catholic Church has paid out in lawsuits over the never-ending epidemic of child molestation wreaking havoc in its ranks.

According to Jack and Diane Ruhl of the National Catholic Reporter, who decided to research this particular topic, since 1950, the Vatican has spent a disgusting $3,994,797,060.10. That’s nearly $4 billion to keep things hush hush. That number may even be a bit conservative, as we cannot know for sure the agreed upon “under the table” amount. (emphasis added)

The figure is based on a three-month investigation of data, which includes a review of over 7,800 articles from LexisNexis Academic and NCR databases and […]

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