By the numbers: top five sex abuse settlement totals within the U.S. Catholic Church.1 $774 million, archdiocese arch·di·o·cese n. The district under an archbishop's jurisdiction. arch  di·oc of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Claimants: 594
Approximate average per claimant: $1.3 million
2 $157 million, archdiocese of Boston Claimants: 983 Approximate average per claimant: $160,000 3 $129 million, archdiocese of Portland (Oregon) Claimants: 314 Approximate average per claimant: $411,000 4 $100 million, diocese of Orange (California) Claimants: 90 Approximate average per claimant: $1.11 million 5 $85 million, diocese of Covington (Kentucky) Claimants: 360 Approximate average per claimant: $236,000 Sources: Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). Catholic News Service, The Boston Globe, Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. |
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