[MrEdd]

Accused clergy didn’t cost churches all that money.

Not turning information over to law enforcement when there was an incident, and retaining these perverts cost them the money.

Self inflicted wound.

[Alex Murphy]

ST. PAUL, Minn.—The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis paid millions of dollars in costs associated with clergy misconduct in the last decade, according to internal church documents. An investigation by Minnesota Public Radio News ( http://bit.ly/1aMnkYs) found that from 2002 to 2011 the archdiocese used two secret accounts that were controlled by the archbishop to pay nearly $11 million in costs related to allegations against priests. The figure represents about 3 percent of overall archdiocese revenues in those years.

The number is higher in Los Angeles:
About $67 per Catholic, more than $1 million per parish [Cost of LA settlement in perspective]
LA cardinal apologies, offers record abuse deal
L.A. Archdiocese to Pay $600M to sex crime Victims
L.A. Catholic Church Abuse Cases Could Yield Half-Billion Dollar Settlement (announcement Monday)

[Gumdrop]

Archbishop John Nienstedt is a good man. He inherited a BIG mess from his two previous predecessors.