Did you know that insurance companies pay these settlements. That means that you eventually pay for it in the form of higher premiums.

The archdiocese and its insurers will pay between $600 million and $650 million to about 500 plaintiffs -- an average of $1.2 million to $1.3 million per person. The settlement also calls for the release of confidential priest personnel files after review by a judge assigned to oversee the litigation, the sources said.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/14/church.abuse.ap/index.html

At 1.3 million per person, I wonder how many more will volunteer to be altar boys?