THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS has said that its “focus” is on settling abuse claims in a “timely manner” and without the “stress and delays of litigation”. The Christian Brothers added that it was issuing the statement in light of “recent commentary”. As an unincorporated association, the Christian Brothers cannot be sued if it does not provide a ‘nominee’. In today’s statement, the Christian Brothers said: “Our experience is that protracted litigation has very little, if any, benefit to claimants.” “Regrettably protracted litigation diverts and depletes resources available for future claims and serves only to enrich the legal firms focussing on protracted litigation,” said the Christian Brothers.