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Stunning settlement - An AP news story notes, "Irish order of Roman Catholic nuns, the Sisters of Mercy, offered yesterday to pay child abuse victims, the government, and charities a further $193.5 million to compensate for decades of abuse in its schools and orphanages." While the amount seems huge the admission likely seems worse to most people.

The UK Daily Mail notes the announcement of the settlement "came six months after 2,000 people gave evidence of horrific physical and sexual abuse while in the care of Catholic run institutions."


The Sisters of Mercy said in a statement it "wholeheartedly regrets the suffering experienced by the children in their care" and hoped this latest offer would show that its nuns were being "faithful to the values of reparation, reconciliation, healing and responsibility."

More here from the Associated Press via the Boston Globe newspaper. The government confirmed receipt of the Sisters of Mercy offer but declined further comment.