Catholic Church Paid $276 MILLION To Sex Abuse Victims In Australia

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1. Child Abuse Victims Could Receive $4 Billion
   Australian churches, charitable organisations and schools may have to pay the majority of $4.3 billion worth of compensation to victims of child sexual abuse.
   https://probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2015/02/child-abuse-victims-could-receive-4-billion/

   Royal commission: $4.3 billion is cost of redress to victims of child sex abuse
   It would cost $4.3 billion over 10 years to provide redress to the 65,000 victims of child sex abuse in Australia, the royal commission says, with government footing nearly half the bill.
   http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/royal-commission-43-billion-is-cost-of-redress-to-victims-of-child-sex-abuse-20150129-131suh.html

   How much does Australia spend on child protection?
   According to the Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services (link is external) (Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision [SCRGSP], 2016), in the year 2014-15 the following amounts were spent directly on providing services to children who had experienced, or who were at risk of experiencing, child abuse and neglect in Australia.

   Nationally, approximately $4.3 billion was spent on child protection, out-of-home care services, family support services and intensive family support services (see Box 1 for definitions) in 2014-15, which was an increase of 5.8% ($239.2 million) from 2013-14. Of this expenditure, out-of-home care services accounted for the majority (56.2%, or $2.4 billion). Since 2011-12, the national expenditure on child protection and out-of-home care services has shown an average annual increase of 3.9% per year for the past 4 years, equating to a total increase of $472.5 million.
   https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/publications/economic-costs-child-abuse-and-neglect

   Sex Abuse Cost The U.S. Catholic Church Nearly $3 Billion According To Report By Bishops Conference
   http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/sex-abuse-catholic-church_n_5085414

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