LA Archdiocese to Pay $800 Million Abuse Settlement

The Associated Press reports:

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades, in what an attorney said was the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese, it was announced Wednesday.

After the announcement of the agreement in principle, Archbishop José H. Gomez [screenshot] said in a statement, “I am sorry for every one of these incidents, from the bottom of my heart.”

Attorneys for 1,353 people who allege that they suffered horrific abuse at the hands of local Catholic priests reached the settlement after months of negotiations with the archdiocese, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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— The Associated Press (@AP) October 17, 2024