It strikes me that the headlines about the cash settlement in Boston are unduly optimistic. CNN.com gives us Boston church settles abuse cases with $85 million
The New York Times has Church in Boston to Pay $85 Million in Abuse Lawsuits
The St. Petersburg Times has Sex abuse costs church $85-million
And so forth. When I looked at news.google.com and the 283 related headlines there were very few expressions of tentativeness, attempt, offering or so forth. The amount is unimportant at the moment (I'm sure it could be more or less and still satisfy lawyers but not significantly addressing the healing of those wounded) but the run of headlines suggests a finality I really don't believe.
Posted by crankyprofessor at September 10, 2003 07:38 AM