AUSTRALIA
Deutsche Welle
The country’s Catholic Church has paid more than quarter of a billion Australian dollars to child sexual abuse victims. An inquiry concluded that, while thousands of claims were made, many victims had not come forward.
An average of 91,000 dollars each was paid to thousands of victims who came forward with claims to the church, an inquiry was told on Thursday.
Prosecuting barrister Gail Furness said Australia’s Catholic Church had paid out 276 million Australian dollars ($213 million, 200 million euros) between 1980 and 2015.
Earlier this month, Australia was shocked by revelation that 4,445 people had made claims of child sexual abuse to the church over the 35-year-period. Of those 30,066 received payments for redress, with hundreds of claims still ongoing.
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