Victims/allegations

Decade	# of incidents (by date of occurrence)	# of reports (by date received)
1950–1959 1960–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999	22 75 85 16 0	1 5 3 6 114
2000–August 2003	0	76
Sept. 2003–Present	0	0
No occurrence date	7	—

Money expended¹

From 1989 until the present the following

expenditures were made by the diocese:

$771,005 for counseling

$263,072 in legal fees.

$3,834,300 in uninsured settlements

From 1993 until the present, the insurance carrier for the diocese has paid:

$7,909,450 in insured settlements

$1,511,924 in legal/claims expenses

Offenders

Allegations of sexual misconduct have been made against 35 of the 364² priests who have ever been incardinated in the diocese. The diocese has received 205³ allegations against these 35 priests. 72 of these allegations were against one priest. Of the 35 priests, 16 are deceased and 5 are laicized. 14 are permanently removed from active ministry.

¹No money has been expended for sexual abuse cases from parish assessments, from the sale of real estate or from the Diocesan Annual Appeal. All monies expended have either been paid directly by the diocese’s insurers or from accumulated investment income.

² In the August 2003 report, the total number of priests reported (372) included Lexington priests who were ordained since 1988, when the Lexington Diocese was created. The numbers reported above exclude Lexington priests who never served in the Diocese of Covington.

³ Seven of the 205 allegations are from persons for whom we have no names.

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Victims/allegations