AUSTRALIA
9 News
Compensation payouts to Melbourne victims of pedophile priests have effectively gone backwards over the past two decades, an inquiry has been told.
The Catholic Church’s payments in the Melbourne archdiocese, when introduced in 1996, were capped at $50,000.
Cardinal George Pell told the child abuse royal commission that was about $120,000 in today’s dollars.
Senior counsel assisting the commission Gail Furness was quick to point out the cap on compensation had increased but payments today were well short of $120,000.
“The cap is now $75,000 which suggests it might have gone backwards,” Ms Furness said.
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