http://www.kansascity.com/2011/05/30/291...ation.html
They'll be passing the collection basket around a few extra times each Sunday to come up with the cash for this one!
Quote:Belgium's bishops have agreed to compensate church sex-abuse victims, saying that they are "conscious of their moral responsibility and the expectations of society," the Belga news agency reported Monday.
"They are determined to restore the victims' dignity and to pay them the damages they may need," the bishops said in a statement.
The sex abuse scandal that has affected church communities around the world rocked Belgium last year, when an internal Catholic Church committee revealed that it had received complaints from 327 men and 161 women, with alleged victims being as young as 2 years old.
They'll be passing the collection basket around a few extra times each Sunday to come up with the cash for this one!