The molestation and rape of children by priests in America has resulted in more than $3.3 billion of settlements over the past 15 years,
$1.3 billion of that in California. The total is likely to increase as
more states follow California and Delaware in relaxing the statute of
limitations on these crimes, most of which were reported long after they
happened. For an organisation with revenues of $170 billion that might
seem manageable. But settlements are made by individual dioceses
and religious orders, whose pockets are less deep than those of the
church as a whole.
Source -- http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/08/17/the-economist-estimates-the-catholic-church-spent-171600000000-in-2010/
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