NEW BRUNSWICK (CANADA)
CBC News
November 21, 2017
By Harry Forestell
Lawyer for sex abuse victims says Catholic Church has ‘financial depth’
The lawyer acting for victims of pedophile priests in the Archdiocese of Moncton is dismissing claims the church is running out of money.
Rob Talach is representing 26 people suing the church for failing to protect them from sexual abuse, in most cases at the hands of the now-deceased Rev. Camille Leger.
Recently Archbishop Valéry Vienneault told CBC News the archdiocese had essentially run out of money to compensate victims. The church spent $10.6 million on 109 claims between 2012 and 2014.
“We had money — the diocese had money, but doesn’t anymore,” Vienneau said.
But Talach claims the Roman Catholic church has financial depth and points to its substantial real estate assets as one potential source of cash.
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