More than 100 dioceses and religious orders have reached settlements in sexual misconduct lawsuits. Below are some sample settlements, including attorney costs and victim compensation.
Archdiocese Settlement Clergy involved Victims
1984-1990 Lafayette, La. $18 million 1 priest (Gauthe) 34 victims
1990 Winona, Twin Cities $1 million 1 priest (Adamson) 1 victim
1992 Fall River, Mass. $8 million 1 priest (Porter) 48 victims
1998 Dallas $31 million 1 priest (Kos) 11 victims
2002 Boston $10 million 1 priest (Geoghan) 70 victims
2003 Boston $84 million 140 priests 552 victims
2003 Chicago $8 million 11 priests 15 victims
2004 Orange County, $100 million 31 priests, 10 lay, 2 nuns, 91 victims
Calif. 1 brother
2005 Boston $33 million ? 257 victims
2006 Dubuque, Iowa $5 million 9 priests 20 victims
2006 Milwaukee $16.6 million 2 priests 10 victims
2007 Los Angeles $660 million 221 priests, brothers, 508 victims
lay teachers and other
church employees
2008 Dubuque, Iowa $4.7 million 9 priests 18 victims
Source: BishopAccountability.org

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