SAN DIEGO (CA)
San Diego Union Times [San Diego, CA]
November 5, 2024
By UT readers
Re “What to know about the Los Angeles Catholic Church $880M settlement with sexual abuse victims” (Oct. 17): So the Los Angeles diocese of the Catholic Church has spent a total of over $1.5 billion to try to make up for the horrific abuse many of its faithful endured at the hands of their clergy or employees. This is so appalling and unnecessary. The monsters who did those things should have been reported and sent to jail, not coddled. That $1.5 billion would have been such a godsend for all the people without secure homes, health care or sources of food, clothing and jobs.
The L.A. diocese and any diocese that has done something like this needs to pull back and reevaluate what they’re all about. I am not a believer, but who in their right mind would want to be associated with a group of people who thought that protecting abusers was more important than protecting those who were abused? What kind of a civilization supports and honors an institution with such evil values?
Elizabeth Monroe, San Diego