BUFFALO (NY)
Spectrum News
December 4, 2018
By Mark Goshgarian
More than nine months after the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo announced the creation of an Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program, dozens of cash offers have been made to clergy abuse victims.
An attorney who represents several people who claim abuse at the hands of priests in the diocese stated that he is receiving settlement offers for his clients.
Mitchell Garabedian said eight offers have come in from the compensation program, with amounts ranging from $10,000 to $340,000.
“It’s an insult. It’s outrageous,” he said. “A re-victimization of my clients. They’re adding salt to the wound.”
The voluntary program was designed to help those who’ve filed claims they were sexually abused as a child at the hands of local clergy.
Program administrators, though selected and paid for by the diocese, are two independent former judges who solely decide the amount based on specific criteria.
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