New York Catholic bishops could tap into billions for ‘global’ sex abuse settlement
As the future of six Catholic dioceses in New York remain clouded by bankruptcies brought on by thousands of lawsuits from people who say they were sexually abused as children by clergy, a statewide settlement that would tap into a multi-billion-dollar revenue source appears to be under consideration.
Such a “global” settlement — which would likely need to be approved by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, the archbishop of New York, and possibly the state attorney general — could help resolve the bankruptcy proceedings that have frustrated aging survivors in Buffalo for more than four years because of their slow pace.
That prospect was welcomed by abuse survivors who spoke with 2 On Your Side on Friday, but the Diocese of Buffalo expressed skepticism about the idea, with a spokesperson for Bishop Michael Fisher saying the diocese was "not seeking to use" the funding source "to satisfy survivor claims."
https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/invest...a7af018ec7
As the future of six Catholic dioceses in New York remain clouded by bankruptcies brought on by thousands of lawsuits from people who say they were sexually abused as children by clergy, a statewide settlement that would tap into a multi-billion-dollar revenue source appears to be under consideration.
Such a “global” settlement — which would likely need to be approved by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, the archbishop of New York, and possibly the state attorney general — could help resolve the bankruptcy proceedings that have frustrated aging survivors in Buffalo for more than four years because of their slow pace.
That prospect was welcomed by abuse survivors who spoke with 2 On Your Side on Friday, but the Diocese of Buffalo expressed skepticism about the idea, with a spokesperson for Bishop Michael Fisher saying the diocese was "not seeking to use" the funding source "to satisfy survivor claims."
https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/invest...a7af018ec7
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
