Quote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_se...ted_States
Quote:By 2009, U.S. dioceses have paid more than 2.6 billion US dollars in abuse-related costs since 1950.[52]
In many instances, dioceses were forced to declare bankruptcy as a result of the settlements. At least six U.S. dioceses sought bankruptcy protection. In some cases, the dioceses filed bankruptcy just before civil suits against them were about to go to trial. This had the effect of mandating that pending and future lawsuits be settled in bankruptcy court.
Now that the scandal has spread to Europe and South America expect those totals to rise quickly.
