After victims of sexual abuse fought the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for decades, they have finally claimed victory. It took so long in fact, that many of the plaintiffs had died of old age before the final verdict.

So, after getting their asses handed to them, what did the church do? They issued a statement that baffles the imagination:

After the announcement of the agreement in principle on Wednesday, Archbishop José H. Gomez said in a statement, “I am sorry for every one of these incidents, from the bottom of my heart. My hope is that this settlement will provide some measure of healing for what these men and women have suffered,” the archbishop added. “I believe that we have come to a resolution of these claims that will provide just compensation to the survivor-victims of these past abuses.”

If they were so concerned about the suffering of these people ,they wouldn’t have tried to fight them for over 25 years. These kind of crocodile tears impresses no one. We know they couldn’t give a rat’s ass about all the pain they caused. If they did, perhaps they would have done a bit of soul searching. It seems the only way to actually hurt these people is to take away the one thing they truly care about: money.