Payments begin for 280 priest abuse survivors in Guam
Millions in cash contributions from the Archdiocese of Agana and its insurers have reached about 280 survivors of childhood sexual assaults by Guam priests and others associated with the Catholic Church, bringing a measure of “justice” and “healing” to those who have suffered from the abuses, some dating as far back as the 1950s.
Each abuse survivor reportedly received anywhere from about $40,000 to $100,000.
This is only the first of multiple rounds of payouts under a bankruptcy court-approved settlement plan that the archdiocese and its creditors worked on for years.
Among the survivor-claimants were raped by priests once or multiple times, sometimes for a period of months or years, when they were children. They were entitled to the largest compensation possible.
Many were inappropriately touched and groped in church property or during scouting activities.
Some were as young as 8 to 10 years old when they were assaulted. Most were in their teens, and many were altar boys at the time.
Also a key part of the settlement is the survivor-pushed protocols and others instituted by the archdiocese itself, that will help prevent more clergy sex abuses within the archdiocese.
Under the settlement plan, survivors could get paid a combined total of anywhere from $34 million to $101 million.
Among the abusive priests and other clergy named in lawsuits and claims was former Archbishop Anthony Apuron, who was earlier convicted by a Vatican tribunal for sexual assault of multiple minors. [Archbishop was never tried in court and he remains a free man.]
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Millions in cash contributions from the Archdiocese of Agana and its insurers have reached about 280 survivors of childhood sexual assaults by Guam priests and others associated with the Catholic Church, bringing a measure of “justice” and “healing” to those who have suffered from the abuses, some dating as far back as the 1950s.
Each abuse survivor reportedly received anywhere from about $40,000 to $100,000.
This is only the first of multiple rounds of payouts under a bankruptcy court-approved settlement plan that the archdiocese and its creditors worked on for years.
Among the survivor-claimants were raped by priests once or multiple times, sometimes for a period of months or years, when they were children. They were entitled to the largest compensation possible.
Many were inappropriately touched and groped in church property or during scouting activities.
Some were as young as 8 to 10 years old when they were assaulted. Most were in their teens, and many were altar boys at the time.
Also a key part of the settlement is the survivor-pushed protocols and others instituted by the archdiocese itself, that will help prevent more clergy sex abuses within the archdiocese.
Under the settlement plan, survivors could get paid a combined total of anywhere from $34 million to $101 million.
Among the abusive priests and other clergy named in lawsuits and claims was former Archbishop Anthony Apuron, who was earlier convicted by a Vatican tribunal for sexual assault of multiple minors. [Archbishop was never tried in court and he remains a free man.]
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