US EditionCourt settlement approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to pay hundreds of clergy abuse victims
The settlement includes child-protection reforms, outside oversight, a survivors' bill of rights, and a public archive while compensating roughly 600 victims, court records show.
- The Archdiocese of New Orleans' yearslong bankruptcy case ended with a $230 million settlement approved by a judge.
- Nearly 150 parishes and charities will contribute about $65 million to the settlement fund for clergy sex abuse survivors.
- The plan requires the archdiocese to implement new binding child protection protocols, including overhauls to handling abuse reports, outside oversight, a Survivors Bill of Rights, and a public archive of abuse documents.
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The Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans has reached a court settlement with victims of abuse – it pays them 230 million dollars. Record compensation is also being negotiated in New York.
Court settlement approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to pay hundreds of clergy abuse victims
The New Orleans Archdiocese will pay at least $230 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement approved Monday by a federal judge that follows years of negotiations.
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