{"id":115121,"date":"2024-10-17T09:06:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T02:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115121"},"modified":"2024-10-17T09:06:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T02:06:21","slug":"archdiocese-of-los-angeles-agrees-to-pay-880-million-to-settle-sex-abuse-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115121","title":{"rendered":"Archdiocese of Los Angeles Agrees to Pay $880 Million to Settle Sex Abuse Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the nation\u2019s largest archdiocese, has agreed to pay $880 million to 1,353 people who say they were sexually abused as children. The settlement brings the archdiocese\u2019s cumulative payout in sex abuse lawsuits to more than $1.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The settlement was announced on Wednesday in a joint statement by lawyers for the plaintiffs and the archdiocese. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI am sorry for every one of these incidents, from the bottom of my heart,\u201d Archbishop Jos\u00e9 H. Gomez said in a statement. \u201cMy hope is that this settlement will provide some measure of healing for what these men and women have suffered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The agreement represents the near conclusion to decades of litigation against the archdiocese, with only a few suits remaining. In 2007, it <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/07\/16\/us\/16cnd-abuse.html\" title=\"\">reached a $660 million settlement<\/a> in abuse lawsuits brought by 508 people who accused Catholic clergy and members of religious orders of abuse. Over the years, the archdiocese has sold off real estate, liquidated investments and taken out loans to cover the staggering costs of litigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Archbishop Gomez said in a statement that the new settlement would be paid through \u201creserves, investments and loans, along with other archdiocesan assets and payments that will be made by religious orders and others named in the litigation.\u201d He said that donations designated for parishes, schools and specific mission campaigns would not be used for the settlement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s never going to be full justice when the harm is a child\u2019s life,\u201d said Michael Reck, a lawyer with Jeff Anderson &amp; Associates who helped represent some of the plaintiffs. \u201cBut it\u2019s a measure of justice and a measure of accountability that gives these survivors some sense of closure at least.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">This is a developing story. 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