Catholic Diocese To Pay $1 Million To Molestation Victim

[DeSwiss]

Catholic Diocese To Pay $1 Million To Molestation Victim

CharlotteObserver.com
By Gary L. Wright
Posted: Friday, May. 07, 2010


The Rev. Robert Yurgel (rt) appears in a state
Superior Court hearing in Passaic, NJ, with public
defender Jon Iannaccone at his extradition hearing
on Friday, April 4. photo by Leslie Barbaro/The
Herald New (NJ)

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte has agreed to pay $1 million for a priest's molestation of a teenage boy more than a decade ago. The diocese has also agreed to pay for counseling for Robby Price, who is now 25 and living out of state. He was an altar boy at Charlotte’s St. Matthew Catholic Church in 1999 when he was molested.

The Rev. Robert Yurgel was sentenced in February 2009 to nearly eight years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree sex offense. Yurgel, a member of the order of the Capuchin Franciscan Friars in New Jersey, had been assigned to St. Matthew and Our Lady of Consolation Catholic Church in the late 1990s.

“The sexual abuse of children, particularly by those they trust and especially by those in the ministry, causes extensive mental and emotional damage and trauma,” Seth Langson, one of Price’s lawyers, told the Observer. “Robby, like most victims, was unable to even speak of the abuse to his parents for many years. At the end of 2007, he courageously came forward and began telling others what happened to him. He wanted then to make sure that Father Yurgel never hurt another child.”

The Catholic diocese reported Friday in its weekly newspaper that no parish collections will be used to pay the settlement. The diocese’s liability insurance will cover the costs.

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[darkstar3]

1. And what goes to pay for the liability insurance,

the rates of which will now definitely go up?

And where the fuck do you find liability insurance that will cover boyfucking?

[DeSwiss]

3. That was the first question.....

...which came to my mind.

- Maybe angels from heaven pay the policies.......

[EvolveOrConvolve]

2. Why does he still deserve the title of "Reverend"?

Hasn't the Catholic Church, LLC stripped him of his title and duties?

[DeSwiss]

4. Hmmm....

...I'm not sure.

- Maybe there's a $5 million payout threshold you have to reach before they take that away......

[EvolveOrConvolve]

5. Or, maybe there's a molestation limit

Bugger 3 kids and you can still be called Reverend - more than that and you're done.