Friday, October 27, 2006
CALIFORNIA ABUSE SETTLEMENT
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Roman Catholic religious order and the Los Angeles Archdiocese will pay $10 million to settle allegations of clergy sexual abuse, according to representatives of those involved.
The Carmelite order will pay most of the settlement to seven people, including two who said they were sexually molested at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino. The archdiocese will contribute about 5 percent, a church spokesman said.
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Excuse me...A Carmelite order can pay 95% of a 10 million dollar sexual abuse settlement?? Ten million??? Don't Carmelites take a vow of poverty? Yes, I recognize the order has funds that keep the order going, but ten million?? Where does this money come from? Who knew contemplation paid so well!
