The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has paid $78.465 million of a total of more than $81 million awarded to 438 victims of sexual abuse by archdiocesan clergy under the Independent Reconciliation and Reparations Program (IRRP) that released its final report Thursday, June 2. (Read the full report here.) The program was begun by the archdiocese three … Read more
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia said Tuesday that it expects to pay $126 million to sexual-abuse victims under a reparations program announced in 2018. The archdiocese said its Independent Reconciliation and Reparations Program has received a total of 615 claims, and had settled 208 of them for $43.8 million as of April 22. That … Read more
The New York Times touted Pope Francis selection of Nelson Perez to replace ‘conservative’ Archbishop Chaput Fr. James Martin praises the appointment of Perez Perez banned kneeling at Mass in diocese of Cleveland If you have other facts that you believe our readers should know, please let us know.