"...each million dollars spent compensating a molestation victim, is a million dollars that can't be spent feeding the homeless. And a million-dollar damage settlement doesn't heal the victim of child molestation. And the million dollars is paid by people who had nothing to do with the crime, since the criminals are dead or penniless. So, I don't know what's the answer to that."

The million dollars was paid by people who are members of the Roman Catholic Church organization who were jointly "accountable" for those who did the molesting, the continuation and the coverup "period". Though it will never heal the wounds, and impact, that go beyond those abused, at a minimum, it helps and sends a clear message to this church and other organizations, that they are responsible for the actions of those in their organization, and have a duty to put reasonable measures in place to protect the young under the organizations authority.

I suspect it is much like a lawsuit against any large organization, like the big car companies, the shareholders, assembly line workers and consumers pay for the mistakes of others doing wrong in their organizations that impact others. It is the way it goes in the world. Get over it Joe, let it go and move on from that sob story, as others have done. It reflects some underlying bitterness and a lack of compassion for those abused and compensated (some, only after being denied a minimum of consideration and compassion by the RC organization for many years). I feel you are better than that, Joe, and do have compassion for others, under that bitterness towards those who were abused, compensated and exposed the un-Christion-like past church actions (the organization and people in positions of power).