Catholic Church sex abuse cases in the United States
Compensation payouts
According to Donald Cozzens, "by the end of the mid 1990s, it was estimated that ...more than half a billion dollars had been paid in jury awards, settlements and legal fees." This figure grew to about one billion dollars by 2002.

Catholic Church sex abuse cases in the United States

Section Title: Compensation payouts
Table Section Text: According to Donald Cozzens, "by the end of the mid 1990s, it was estimated that ...more than half a billion dollars had been paid in jury awards, settlements and legal fees." This figure grew to about one billion dollars by 2002.

Date	Diocese	Bishop	Payment	Number of recipients	Comments

1997	Diocese of Dallas	$31 million

June 2003	Archdiocese of Louisville	$25.7 million	240

September 2003	Archdiocese of Boston	$85 million	552

September 2004	Diocese of Tucson	$22.2 million	Filed for bankruptcy

December 2004	Diocese of Spokane, Washington	$48 million	Payment agreement was part of bankruptcy proceeding

January 2005	Diocese of Orange	Tod Brown	$100 million	87

October 2006	Diocese of Davenport	Filed for bankruptcy

December 2006	Diocese of Phoenix	$100,000	1

December 2006	Archdiocese of Los Angeles	Roger Mahony	$60 million	45

January 2007	Diocese of Charleston	$12 million

July 2007	Archdiocese of Los Angeles	$660 million

January 2007	Diocese of Charleston	$12 million

September 2007	Diocese of San Diego	Robert Brom	$198.1 million	144

March 2008	Diocese of Fairbanks	Donald Kettler	130	Filed for bankruptcy

May 2008	Diocese of Sacramento	$100,000	1	The Jesuit Order, not the diocese, paid a $16 million settlement for molestation of nine children by two of their priests

July 2008	Archdiocese of Denver	Charles Chaput	$5.5 million	18	Resolved through mediation

October 2009	Diocese of Wilmington	W. Francis Malooly	131	Filed for bankruptcy

Sentence(s)

In 2003, the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston settled a case for $85 million with 552 victims.

final_sentence: In 2003, the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston settled a case for $85 million with 552 victims.