• I don’t think the victims are getting paid that much. Our society has gone from “if someone powerful did something to you then you did something wrong” to “okay maybe they were wrong for that” but we’re still a ways away from “and they should pay a real price.”

      • That wasn’t a comment on the politics of the situation, the church just had to pay $800 million in California in restitution for their crimes. The Catholic church has spent billions of dollars settling lawsuits and criminal cases.

      • As someone who keeps up with this and whose local diocese is also collapsing under the financial strain (good riddance) I can tell you firsthand a lot of settlements are actually pretty substantial. 6 and 7 figures over and over again.

        It’s never enough, let’s be clear. But these aren’t slap on the wrist numbers when you add up the fact that it’s often hundreds of settlements per diocese. Pretty sure the diocese here has roughly 530 settlements they’re paying out right now. A billionaire has been helping them foot the bill but seems it hasn’t been enough.