ST. LOUIS (MO)
Riverfront Times
By Lindsay Toler
Tue., Nov. 12 2013
The St. Louis Archdiocese has paid $10 million in ten years in legal fees and victim payments associated with clergy misconduct, including sexual abuse, according to the church’s annual financial report.
The Catholic church in St. Louis paid $943,700 in abuse and misconduct costs in 2013, compared to $342,100 in 2012.
The costs recorded in a particular year don’t necessarily come from cases filed or tried in that year, says chief financial officer Frank Chauvin.
“There is a time lag, a significant time lag, in some of these cases as to when we might get a recovery for the legal fees or payment to victims,” Chauvin tells Daily RFT.
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