Monday, November 19, 2007

நூற்றுக்கணக்கான அலாஸ்கா பழங்குடியினரை பாலுறவு பலாத்காரம் செய்த ஜெஸூட் கிறிஸ்துவ பாதிரியார்கள் 50 மில்லியன் டாலர் நஷ்ட ஈடு

நூற்றுக்கணக்கான அலாஸ்கா பழங்குடியினரை பாலுறவு பலாத்காரம் செய்த ஜெஸூட் கிறிஸ்துவ பாதிரியார்கள் 50 மில்லியன் டாலர் நஷ்ட ஈடு கொடுக்கும்படி கோர்ட்டால் ஆணையிடப்பட்டுள்ளார்கள்

இந்தியாவிலும் பழங்குடியினர் மத்தியில் சேவை செய்கிறேன் என்று வரும் கிறிஸ்துவபாதிரியார்களை விசாரிக்கவேண்டும்.


$50M Priest Abuse Deal Reached in Alaska
By MARY PEMBERTON – 17 hours ago


ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Roman Catholic religious order has agreed to pay $50 million to more than 100 Alaska Natives who allege sexual abuse by Jesuit priests, a lawyer for the accusers said Sunday.

The settlement with the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus is the largest one yet against a Catholic religious order, said Anchorage lawyer Ken Roosa, who called it "a great day" for the 110 victims.

"These are people who were altar boys and altar servers and altar girls," Roosa said. "These are people who tried to tell their story and in many instances were beaten or told to shut up and told, 'How can you say such things about a man of God?'"

The settlement does not require the order to admit fault, Roosa said. None of the priests were ever criminally charged.

The settlement announcement is premature because some issues need to be finalized, said the Very Rev. John Whitney, provincial superior of the Society of Jesus, Oregon Province, which covers Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.

"When those issues are resolved we will be available for a more complete discussion of the matter," Whitney said in a prepared statement. He described the settlement announcement as "premature and detrimental."

Roosa said issues involving the plaintiffs had been resolved. The only issues that remained were with the religious order's insurer, he said.

Roosa provided The Associated Press with an e-mail sent Friday from Dick Hansen, the lawyer representing the religious order. It reads, "This email will confirm that a settlement has been reached. ... The settlement calls for $50,000,000 to be paid to the plaintiffs/claimants in exchange for releases of all claims against the Jesuit defendants."

In the e-mail, Hansen says he's glad to "put this matter to rest." Hansen did not immediately return a call from the AP seeking comment.

The sexual abuse allegations involved 13 or 14 clerics and spanned nearly 30 years, from 1961 to 1987, Roosa said. The children's ages ranged from 5 years to teenage.

"Despite all this, no Catholic religious leader has yet to admit that problem priests were dumped in Alaska. For our clients, this settlement represents a long overdue acknowledgment of the truth of their stories of abuse, stories that until today were largely denied and belittled by apologists for the abusers," Roosa said.

The Catholic Church first was notified of the Alaska cases of abuse in 2002, Roosa said.

The cases do not include those against the Diocese of Fairbanks, which owned and managed the churches in the villages in rural Alaska where the Jesuit priests were assigned. Those 135 lawsuits have been reduced to 10. Those cases are expected to be mediated in December.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

நூற்றுக்கும் மேற்பட்ட

என்று மாற்றவேண்டும் இந்த பதிவின் தலைப்பை

எழில் said...

நன்றி

Anonymous said...

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