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Is This What TheCatholic Order, Does L.A. Archdiocese to Pay $10M to Settle Clergy Sex-Abuse Allegations?

  • I wonder if these guys we're obeying a higher power or a lower power. LOS ANGELES — A Roman Catholic religious order and the Los Angeles Archdiocese will pay $10 million to settle allegations of clergy sexual abuse, according to representatives of those involved. The Carmelite order will pay most of the settlement to seven people, including two who said they were sexually molested at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino. The archdiocese will contribute about 5 percent, a church spokesman said. "We are encouraged by every settlement, and we hope every one leads to another," said attorney J. Michael Hennigan, who represents the church in Los Angeles. Defendants included the Rev. Dominic Savino, 67, a Carmelite priest who was fired as the school's president and suspended from the priesthood in 2002 after allegations surfaced that he had molested boys in the 1970s. Former school principal John Knoernschild and two other members of the order not associated with the school were also named. John C. Manly, a victims' lawyer, complimented the Carmelites "for stepping up and doing the right thing," but said no amount of money could make up for the damage inflicted by the sexual abuse."It's been a long, hard road for the victim," he said of one of his clients. The Carmelites ousted Savino shortly after a woman reported to the Los Angeles Archdiocese's then-new sex abuse hot line that he had abused her twin sons during a 1979 field trip. The seven Carmelite cases are dwarfed by more than 560 unresolved claims from people who say they were abused by Catholic priests in Southern California over the last 70 years. That litigation has been pending for years as dozens of lawyers try to agree on a settlement. Savino originally went to the all-boys school in 1977 as a part-time counselor. He left in 1986 to pursue a doctorate in psychology, then returned in 1995. A Roman Catholic religious order and the Los Angeles Archdiocese will pay $10 million to settle allegations of clergy sexual abuse, according to representatives of those involved. The Carmelite order will pay most of the settlement to seven people, including two who said they were sexually molested at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino. The archdiocese will contribute about 5 percent, a church spokesman said. "We are encouraged by every settlement, and we hope every one leads to another," said attorney J. Michael Hennigan, who represents the church in Los Angeles. Defendants included the Rev. Dominic Savino, 67, a Carmelite priest who was fired as the school's president and suspended from the priesthood in 2002 after allegations surfaced that he had molested boys in the 1970s. Former school principal John Knoernschild and two other members of the order not associated with the school were also named. John C. Manly, a victims' lawyer, complimented the Carmelites "for stepping up and doing the right thing," but said no amount of money could make up for the damage inflicted by the sexual abuse. "It's been a long, hard road for the victim," he said of one of his clients. The Carmelites ousted Savino shortly after a woman reported to the Los Angeles Archdiocese's then-new sex abuse hot line that he had abused her twin sons during a 1979 field trip. The seven Carmelite cases are dwarfed by more than 560 unresolved claims from people who say they were abused by Catholic priests in Southern California over the last 70 years. That litigation has been pending for years as dozens of lawyers try to agree on a settlement. Savino originally went to the all-boys school in 1977 as a part-time counselor. He left in 1986 to pursue a doctorate in psychology, then returned in 1995.Why does the Catholic Order always seem to be in disorder ?

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    NO, trust me, those priest were NOT obeying a higher calling....They were following there own deviant behavior...And they should be publicly lynched!

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Yea right. That's what the Catholic Order does. It's one of their basic tenets. didn't you know that? Could you be more of an.......never mind, it's pointless talking to people that think like that. Agnostic by the way.

Larry

Zoe, Don't even try to reason with religious fanatics. You cannot reason with them for they are blind and interpret 'The Word" as they choose.

Juan_Valdez

What does this have to do with illegal immigration? Why do you exist? Your articles are pointless and vapid... can you at least try and be interesting?

Chee

they have always been in disorder. they helped the Jews kill Jesus. so after that, they have been going down hill slowly. they keep molesting kids, they will be broke. there the whore who sits on the thrown with the cup of gold, and jewels on it, and drinks from it.

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