The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to 1,353 victims of child sexual abuse by Catholic priests, making it the largest such financial settlement by a United States diocese.
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez said he was “Sorry for every one of these incidents from the bottom of my heart” and hoped the settlement would bring “some measure of healing” to the victims.
This settlement concludes a quarter-century of litigation against the archdiocese. Attorney Morgan Stewart called it the largest single child sex abuse settlement he knows of any Catholic archdiocese.
The archdiocese will fund the settlement through investments, reserves, loans, and contributions from other religious organizations.
The church insists the payouts won’t impact the archdiocese’s mission to serve the poor.
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