Australia`s Catholic Church paid $213 million in abuse compensation, costs

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Compensation and other payments were made in response to 3,066 of 4,445 child sexual abuse claims between 1980 and 2015, the report found. The current inquiry was established in 2013 and is investigating child sexual abuse in religious, government and sporting organizations, among others. SYDNEY The Catholic Church in Australia paid A$276 million ($212.9 million) in compensation, treatment and other costs to thousands of victims of child sexual offences in the past 35 years, according to a report released on Thursday at an inquiry into institutional abuse. The report was based on analysis of data kept by Catholic Church authorities. The current set of hearings, focused on the Catholic Church, previously heard that 7 percent of priests working in Australia between 1950 and 2010 were accused of child sex crimes, but few were pursued.