I never filed suit to collect money. You sound like an apologist for predator priests. 

I wanted acknowledgement and an apology. I wanted the predator priest to be defrocked.  I received a letter acknowledging the credibility of my allegations. That was it. I never received an apology from the Dominicans. Father George Dyer was allowed to live his life out in comfort in an Alabama church, where he had daily access to children.