[TSgt]

So if this is simply about money why did the LA Diocese settle?

Unless...

[wideawake]

So if this is simply about money why did the LA Diocese settle?

For two reasons:

(1) There are many people who were actually and truly brutalized and they deserve some compensation, even if inadequate and mixed with those of grifters.

(2) For every actual offender rightfully exposed and shamed, there would be ten or more innocent priests who would be falsely accused and unjustly marked for life through public trials.