The $5.2 million settlement announced by the Diocese of Covington over the weekend is nearly twice the amount per victim than the Diocese of Louisville paid earlier this year -- about $190,000 to 27 victims as compared with $105,000 to 243 victims. The settlement, of two lawsuits filed in Fayette Circuit Court, is more than the Covington diocese has paid out in its entire history for sexual abuse claims. It may cost about 3 percent of the accumulated savings of the diocese, officials say.
Posted by Editor at October 13, 2003 10:09 AM