The Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena has filed a bankruptcy reorganization plan that proposes a $16.4 million settlement for hundreds of people who said clergy members sexually abused them for decades while the church covered it up.
The plan, filed late Monday, calls for the 362 victims identified in two lawsuits filed in 2011 to receive a minimum payment of $2,500 each. An abuse-claims reviewer will determine the actual payment based on the severity and long-term effects of the abuse. The plaintiffs' attorneys, unsecured creditors and any future abuse claims also will be paid out of the trust.
via abcnews.go.com
I probably could have gotten a few thousand dollars from one of these plans, but I never actually got (forget the PC term) diddled by a priest. Not for want of being asked, however. This is what the Church gets for following the then latest conventional wisdom.