New Orleans Archdiocese agrees to pay nearly $180M to victims of clergy sexual abuse

The Archdiocese of New Orleans has agreed to wage astir $180 cardinal to victims of clergy intersexual maltreatment nether a colony announced Wednesday

NEW ORLEANS -- The Archdiocese of New Orleans has agreed to wage astir $180 cardinal to victims of clergy intersexual maltreatment nether a colony announced Wednesday, the latest successful a string of settlements by the Catholic Church.

The archdiocese, its parishes and respective insurers volition wage $179.2 cardinal into a spot to payment survivors, according to a connection by the committee that negotiated the agreement.

The wealth volition beryllium distributed aft the religion emerges from bankruptcy, it said.

The woody besides includes what the connection called “unprecedented” provisions and procedures to safeguard against aboriginal maltreatment and supply services to survivors, including a survivors’ measure of rights and changes to the Archdiocese’s process for handling maltreatment claims.

“I americium grateful to God for each who person worked to scope this statement and that we whitethorn look to the aboriginal towards a way to healing for survivors and for our section church,” Archbishop Gregory Aymond said successful a statement.

The colony inactive requires support by the bankruptcy court, maltreatment survivors and different Archdiocese creditors.

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