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Ordered to pay. [19] 2007, Jan 15: Charleston, SC: 26 priests (at least) $12 million: many: Bishop Robert J. Baker agreed to pay. [20] 2007, Jul 16: Los Angeles, CA: $660 million: 508 (over) Archbishop Roger Mahony and the Los Angeles diocese apologized for abuses by priests describing them as "terrible sin and crime", after settling with over ...
L.A. Catholic church covered up molesting priests for decades. The price: $1.5 billion and so much pain. ... L.A. Unified to pay $24 million to three elementary students allegedly molested by teacher.
For example, a person earning €50,000 may pay income tax at 20% (€10,000); the church tax is an additional 8% (or 9%) of that sum (€800 or €900). [10] The paid church tax is deductable in year of paying and reduces the taxable income.
In July 2007 the Los Angeles Archdiocese settled 508 cases for $660 million. [4] On July 16, 2007, the day before he was to testify under oath, Mahony and the Roman Catholic Church in Los Angeles apologized for abuses by priests after 508 victims reached a record-breaking settlement worth $660m (£324m), with an average of $1.3m for each plaintiff.
Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey has resigned as a priest following a BBC investigation into the Church of England's handling of a sexual abuse case. ... Grubhub to pay $25 million for ...
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas paid $30.9 million in 1998 to twelve victims of one priest ($57.8 million in present-day terms). [8] [9]In early 2002, The Boston Globe covered the criminal prosecutions of five Roman Catholic priests in an article that won an uncontested Pulitzer Prize.
In a statement read by Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi in September 2009, the Holy See stated, "We know now that in the last 50 years somewhere between 1.5% and 5% of the Catholic clergy has been involved in sexual abuse cases", adding that this figure was comparable to that of other groups and denominations. [5]
These days, you can get a deal on anything. Even salvation! Pope Benedict has announced that his faithful can once again pay the Catholic Church to ease their way through Purgatory and into the ...