Ferns paid out €8m to victims of child abuse

CHILD abuse claims have cost the Diocese of Ferns more than €8 million, the bishop of the diocese, Dr Denis Brennan, has confirmed.

Ferns paid out €8m to victims of child abuse
Tue, 24 Feb, 2009 - 00:00

Bishop Brennan said the diocese, where 100 cases of child sex abuse involving 21 priests, including the late Fr Sean Fortune, a serial rapist, took place, has agreed 46 settlements totalling €8,120,775.

That is an average of €175,521 per case, with the payments funded from the diocese’s own resources, insurance and the Stewardship Trust, a Church trust fund to cover claims of clerical sex abuse.

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