MILWAUKEE (WI)
CNN
By Steve Almasy, CNN
(CNN)The Archdiocese of Milwaukee has agreed to pay $21 million to hundreds of victims of sexual abuse by priests, the church announced Tuesday.
“This has been a long process filled with prayer, patience and perseverance, but I am pleased to have reached the goal of providing compensation to those who have been harmed; creating a path toward healing; and allowing the church to continue its mission,” Archbishop Jerome Listecki said in a written statement.
An attorney who represents some of the victims said the settlement favors the church over the victims, but the other option — going to trial — was worse.
“The archbishop and the archdiocese should be ashamed of this settlement,” Jeff Anderson told CNN. “I am sad for the survivors that have been put through this ordeal. … They got bloodied and bruised.”
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