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Australian church sex payout hits US$213m
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AUSTRALIA’S Catholic Church has paid A$276 million (US$213 million) in compensation to thousands of child abuse victims since 1980, a government inquiry heard yesterday — the first time the total compensation paid by the church’s schools, orphanages and residences has been revealed.
A report at a Royal Commission into institutional abuse said 3,066 victims had received some form of compensation from a Catholic body in the 35 years to 2015.
Cash payments of A$258.8 million amounted to an average A$91,000 per person. Some compensation was in non-cash payments.
The institution which paid the most was global order the Christian Brothers, which paid A$45.5 million to 763 people, averaging A$61,000 per person. The Jesuits paid the most per complainant, at A$257,000 each, on average.
The average time between a person experiencing abuse and filing a complaint was 33 years, state prosecutor Gail Furness said in the report, adding that “many survivors face barriers which deter them from reporting abuse to authorities and to the institution in which the abuse occurred.”
The Royal Commission, Australia’s highest most powerful inquiry, which can compel witnesses and recommend prosecutions, has previously heard that 7 percent of priests working in Australia between 1950 and 2010 were accused of child sex crimes, but few were pursued.
The report was based on analysis of data kept by Catholic Church authorities.
The Royal Commission has been roundly praised as the most comprehensive public inquiry into child abuse.
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