- The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades.
- Attorney Morgan Stewart, who led the negotiations, said in a statement that the settlement is the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese.
- The archdiocese has paid $740 million to victims in the past, so this settlement would put the total payout at more than $1.5 billion, the Los Angeles Times said.
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 said in a statement, “I am sorry for every one of these incidents, from the bottom of my heart.”
“My hope is that this settlement will provide some measure of healing for what these men and women have suffered,” the…