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.
Your selectively viewing the issue. No amount of cope will cause me to overlook the staggering amount of Catholic clergy child sex abuse. Those Babylonian Jews can go to the same place with them though. On this we surely agree.