Indeed, “a sad, sad, commentary”.
The settlement is disturbing on many levels. No less disturbing is the final statement in the article:
*But David Clohessy, executive director of the national Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, said the Orange County agreement is probably just good business.
“It’s always tempting to read a lot into a settlement, and I think that’s dangerous,” Clohessy said.
“I think fundamentally they are just business decisions. They don’t symbolize the scales falling from a bishop’s eyes and suddenly him getting it or becoming compassionate.”*