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Waikato Times
December 4, 2002
Church pays $1500 to abuse victims
NZPA
A
beleaguered Catholic order has handed out a pre-Christmas bonus of $1500 each
to 70 men who complain they were abused as boys by its brothers.
The St John of God Order mailed the payments this week to complainants from the
former
The one-off "good faith" payments were made to tide the men over
until their claims can be resolved by March. The Australasian head of the
order, Brother Peter Burke, had originally hoped to settle claims this year.