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New Jersey dioceses push victims’ fund deadline to Feb. 29
- Feb 15, 2020
New Jersey’s Roman Catholic dioceses have given a two-week extension to childhood victims of sexual assault considering filing for compensation from a fund the Church set up, the account’s co-administrator said Friday.
US Catholic Church reports big rise in sex-abuse allegations
- Jun 1, 2019
Quantifying its vast sex-abuse crisis, the U.S. Roman Catholic Church said Friday that allegations of child sex abuse by clerics more than doubled in its latest 12-month reporting period, and that its spending on victim compensation and child protection surged above $300 million.
New Jersey’s Catholic dioceses to provide victim names to fund
- Feb 12, 2019
Victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in New Jersey will soon be able to apply for compensation from a fund representing all five of the state’s dioceses, one of the fund’s administrators announced Monday.
Pennsylvania Governor: Courts, not church fund, better for abuse victims
- Aug 31, 2018
Pennsylvania’s governor said Friday he was against a proposal to compensate victims of child sexual abuse by priests through a church-established fund, saying that lawmakers instead should amend state law to let victims sue over decades-old events.
Bishop backs victim fund over abuse lawsuits in Pennsylvania
- Aug 31, 2018
Catholic officials in Pennsylvania began lining up quickly and publicly with a key state legislative ally Thursday in backing the creation of a victims’ compensation fund as an alternative to allowing victims in decades-old child sexual abuse cases to sue the Church in court.
Church joins Australia child abuse compensation plan
- May 31, 2018
The Catholic Church, Australia’s largest denomination, on Wednesday became the first non-government institution to commit to the 3.8 billion Australian dollar ($2.9 billion) national plan to compensate victims of child sex abuse.
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