ST. LOUIS (MO)
KMOX
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – A local clergy abuse support group has some questions about new financial figures from the St. Louis Archdiocese.
The Archdiocese recently released its clergy misconduct costs from the fiscal year 2013, totaling $943,000. That’s compared to $342,000 in fiscal 2012.
“It’s hard to reconcile the fact that Archbishop [Robert] Carlson claims that he and his staff are doing better on abuse although abuse costs continue to rise,” says David Clohessy with the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP).
About 60 percent of the $943,000 went to abuse victims and the rest was spent on defense attorneys.
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