The Jesuits have agreed to pay $50 million to some 110 people living in remote Alaskan villages who claim they were sexually molested as children by 15 priests, brothers or men working for the Jesuits, reports the Seattle Times. Details of the settlements are still being negotiated, according to attorneys and a Jesuit spokesman. The victims were reportedly molested over a 20-year period from the ages of 5-16.
"In some villages it's difficult to find an adult who was not sexually violated by men who used religion and power" to abuse them as children, said the plaintiffs' attorney. "This settlement represents a long overdue acknowledgment of the truth of our clients' stories of abuse." (More Society of Jesus stories.)