Amidst the catholic clergy sex abuse scandal, a raft of advocacy groups works nonstop, with rallies, press conferences and conventions, to crank up the rage machine. Some attack the settlement of $55 million reportedly offered by the Boston archdiocese to settle 542 claims, arguing this isn't about money―and that, um, they want more of it. Which raises a question: Who is funding these groups? In some cases the cash comes from the same plaintiff lawyers who stand to reap windfalls in clergy settlements. "There has been an incestuous relationship between victim lawyers and victim groups for some time," says William Donohue, president of the New York-based Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. "It's a bad stew."
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