Gross, isn't it.
The money thing makes me uncomfortable... how does getting $100,000 make being abused feel better? One is separate from the other. OTOH, getting money from the archdiocese that enabled a priest to abuse and keep on abusing is maybe not a bad thing - since money means so much to us. However, I have never seen a victim not take the money and donate it to charity. And then you have the blood sucking attorneys - again, I've not seen one of them forgo the customary 1/3 of whatever settlement amount they get - or even opt for a smaller percentage. Of course a bigger settlement means more $$$ in their pockets...
Releasing the names of priests accused of abuse... a can of worms. How do you defend yourself if you are dead or senile in a nursing home? How do we know that some accusations aren't false? And how does a priest accused of abuse have any credibility at all if his name is public property and additional accusers come forward - he is already guilty of some abuse and has no leg to stand on with new accusations that may be false. It was a terrible thing when Keeler released those names. I recall one of the priests in Keeler's diocese was accused only of having consensual homosexual relations with a 17 year old prostitute 20 years ago. He is no longer a priest, thank God, and he has been celibate and repentant since. And now the entire story is public.
The next step being pushed is releasing the files of ALL priests in the name of openness and transparacy. This is going on here in Boston and being pushed by the victim groups and the VOTF types.