Germany extends statute of limitations on abuse, US Jesuits agree $166 million

US Jesuits agree $166 million abuse payout by Laura Onstot Mar 25 2011

SEATTLE (AFP) – A US Jesuit order has agreed to pay $166 million to compensate some 500 mostly native American child victims of "horrific" sexual abuse at religious mission schools, lawyers said.

The US Northwest chapter of the Rome-based Society of Jesus agreed to the payout -- which lawyers said is the biggest by a religious organization in the United States -- as part of bankruptcy proceedings.

Most of those abused by members of the Oregon Province -- the Jesuit order covering the states of Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho and Montana -- were at mission schools on Indian reservations, from the 1940s through to the 1990s.

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Germany extends statute of limitations on abuse
Mar 23, 2011
BERLIN – Germans who were sexually abused as children will now have up to 30 years after their 21st birthday to bring their alleged attackers before the courts.
The change was triggered by last year's sex abuse scandal that rocked the nation's Roman Catholic Church.
The previous statute of limitations on civil abuse cases was only three years. Criminal cases have a statute of limitations ranging from three to 30 years, depending on the charges.
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