The Incredible Devastation Of Abuse Claims

The Catholic Church—Christianity—is built on the Rock of Peter. Archeologists literally found his bones underneath Saint Peter’s Basilica. The gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Meanwhile, a surge of young into the Church is cause for great hope in rollicking times.
There is a bit of a revival.
But problems?
The word “devastation” might be most apt. The financial hit of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in America stands right now at about eight billion, a disaster by any measure, almost hard to assimilate.
To be precise the tally (including what has been paid to lawyers) is $8.249 billion.
That could buy 160,000 new cars at $50,000 each, or 40,000 homes (for the needy) at $200,000 each. It could give one million families $8,000 apiece. It could build eight hundred community centers at ($10 million each). It could fund 160 hospitals or major medical clinics at $50 million per or buy 400,000 wheelchairs at $20,000 each. It could fund 8,000 parish or school repair projects …