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WOT?
The Guild arrived this season earlier than usual
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Pennsylvania dioceses offer $84M to 564 clergy abuse victims
The settlement represents a chance at a fresh start, but Zernhelt said the compensation funds also allow the dioceses to get off easy.
“I feel that it’s a shield for the church to get a discount on paying the victims,” he said.
Indeed, average payouts vary widely from diocese to diocese. While the five dioceses whose funds are administered by Biros and Feinberg have averaged nearly $169,000, two other Pennsylvania dioceses have paid much less. Greensburg has paid about $82,000 per victim, while Harrisburg has paid about $114,000, according to data supplied by the dioceses. The Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown has no compensation fund, saying it can’t afford one after spending $15.7 million on an earlier program to assist clergy abuse victims.
Richard Serbin, an attorney who has long battled the Catholic Church on behalf of victims, has taken the compensation funds to task for another reason: They allow the church to avoid open court and thus a case-by-case public airing of its dirty laundry.
https://local21news.com/news/local/pennsylvania-dioceses-offer-84m-to-564-clergy-abuse-victims-12-26-2019