Archdiocese of New York finalizes $800 million sex abuse settlement
The Boston Globe · Jeffery C. Mays, Maya King ·
The Archdiocese of New York and lawyers representing the 1,300 people who said they were sexually abused by its clergy and lay leaders formally agreed to an $800 million settlement Thursday, bringing years of litigation to a close.
NEW YORK — The Archdiocese of New York and lawyers representing the 1,300 people who said they were sexually abused by its clergy and lay leaders formally agreed to an $800 million settlement Thursday, bringing years of litigation to a close.
The agreement was finalized in the days after both the archdiocese and plaintiffs agreed to a framework for the deal. In a letter to the archdiocese — which includes Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island, and a handful of Hudson Valley communities — that was shared with The New York Times, Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks said that “it has always been our desire to bring a fair and just resolution for victim-survivors, and to promote healing and reconciliation among those who have been hurt.”
“We believe that this global settlement achieves that goal,” he continued.
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