It is estimated that the Catholic Church scandal last year cost the church Half a billion dollars (Thats equivalent to 490 billions $ defence budget of america). Where did the church get the money to make these payments? Whatever the church may say the money probably came from contributions individuals made to support their church.
Problems with pedophile priests go back at least two decades in the U.S. Catholic Church. This phenomenon in not limitd ot the Us only and widespread implications even with churches in Malaysia.
See the Timeline of pedophile priests below:
http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/catholic_crisis/timeline.html