America's largest archdiocese agrees to pay $880 million to 1,353 survivors of child sexual abuse
America's largest archdiocese has agreed to pay a record-breaking $880million to more than 1,000 people who were sexually abused as children by clergy members.
The settlement announced Wednesday by lawyers for the 1,353 people who have filed suits against the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and its attorneys represents the largest single payout by any diocese in the United States, according to the New York Times.
It also brings Los Angeles' cumulative total payouts in sex abuse lawsuits over a quarter of a century to more than $1.5billion.
'I am sorry for every one of these incidents from the bottom of my heart,' said Archbishop Jose H Gomez as he announced the settlement.
Here’s a great website for tracking the pedos in the Catholic Church. You can look up your local bishop or priest. There was one particular case where the priest explained how he groomed children. And their families. I think the name was something like Ghana or Gana. It started with a G. The Catholic Church covered up all his crimes and tried to hush up the victims. Truly evil…. Found it on Twitter years ago before I was put in Twitter jail for life for an unspecified reason…
https://www.bishop-accountability.org/