Brom is an embarrassment. He refers to the $183M settlement which he and his diocese had long delayed with bad faith negotiations and fraudulent bankruptcy filings as “compassionate outreach.” Such spin is sin.
Only after the Federal judge threatened to throw out the Church’s bankruptcy claim, and faced with the possibility of Brom himself having to testify under oath, did the diocese agree to pay for the damages suffered by the children it helped to abuse.
Presumably some of the victims and their relatives are still parishioners in the diocese. Will they receive donation requests?
Brom’s request is short sighted.
Why ask for only $25m? That just takes care of the cases settled to date. What about the sex abuse being perpetrated by priests now and in the future?
Why not set up a revolving fund to settle priest sex abuse cases as they occur?
It would be easier for parishioners to finance priest sex abuse on a pay-as-you go basis.
Payouts made immediately would be lower than in cases covered up and allowed to fester. Actuaries could calculate the size of the fund required.
A million a year, two million, whatever it takes, the parishioners would know what it’s costing, and, they wouldn’t have to worry about being walloped by another $183M bombshell.
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