In 2007, the archdiocese paid a record $660 million to settle sex abuse claims from more than 500 victims. The Catholic Church has spent years scrambling to convince its shrinking American following that it’s come clean about the depth of the abuse, rid itself of predators, and atoned. The Catholic Church in Australia has paid $276m in compensation to thousands of people sexually abused as children by priests and religious brothers. In 2016, New York's Roman Catholic archdiocese set up a victim compensation fund and in less than two years, they had reportedly paid out nearly $60 million to 278 victims. New Jersey's five Catholic dioceses have paid out at least $50 million to sexual abuse victims, according to a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Newark.

But one stain is measurable—the amount of money the Catholic Church has paid to its victims. If granted, bankruptcy would mean pending and future lawsuits would be settled in federal bankruptcy court. The records also show that Catholic Charities USA, a social service arm of the church with member agencies in dioceses across the country, paid another $30,000 to lobby on the act and other issues. Australian Catholic church has paid $276m to abuse victims so far, inquiry shows This article is more than 3 years old Royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse … Catholic church pays sexual abuse victims The Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis have announced a US$210 million settlement with 450 victims of clergy sexual abuse as part of its plan for bankruptcy reorganisation, making this the second-largest payout in the scandal that rocked the nation's Roman Catholic Church. Citing monetary concerns arising from impending trials on sex abuse claims, the Archdiocese of Portland (Oregon) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcyon July 6, 2004, hours before two abuse trials were set to begin, becoming the first Roman Catholic diocese to file for bankruptcy. In a new report from BishopAccountability—a nonprofit that tracks abuse allegations within the Catholic Church—the out-of-court settlements and civil suit cases have cost the church a staggering $3.8 billion. Nearly $4 … The Australian Catholic Church has paid A$276m (£171m; $213m) to victims of sexual abuse since 1980, an inquiry has heard. According to their research, since 1950, that amount comes out to $3,994,797,060.10. The Vatican Has Paid Nearly $4 Billion To Settle For Children Harmed By Sexual Abuse. The largest overall Catholic Church sexual abuse settlement was $660 million, which resolved the claims of 508 victims in and around Los Angeles, CA. But you sure as hell can count how much the Church has paid out as a result of those lawsuits. The U.S. Catholic Church spent $10.6 million on lobbyists to prevent victims of clerical sex abuse from suing for damages. It has since paid …