NY Archdiocese to say I'm sorry to all the kids that got...err

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Through 2023, US dioceses paid approximately $4.4 billion since 2004 OSV News -. With recent major settlements, the total now exceeds $5 billion and possibly surpasses $6 billion OSV News -.

Major Archdiocese/Diocese Settlements

Largest settlements:

• Los Angeles: $1.54 billion total - including an $880 million settlement in 2024 and $660 million in 2007 OSV News -

• Rockville Centre, NY: $323 million announced in September 2024 OSV News -

• Rochester, NY: $246 million plan accepted by survivors in 2025 Monsanto Roundup

• San Diego: $198.1 million settlement with 144 victims in 2007 Wikipedia

• New Orleans: $180 million settlement in 2025 Catholic News Agency

• Syracuse: $176 million settlement approved in 2025 Monsanto Roundup

• Buffalo: $150 million payout to abuse victims Catholic News Agency

• Portland, OR: $75 million settlement with 177 claimants in 2007 Wikipedia

• Orange County: Nearly 90 cases settled for $100 million in 2004 Wikipedia

Many other dioceses have filed for bankruptcy protection to manage claims, with more than 20 Catholic dioceses filing for bankruptcy NPR due to abuse lawsuits since 2004.

N.Y. Archdiocese Will Negotiate Sex-Abuse Settlement for 1,300 Accusers

The archdiocese and its accusers have agreed on a mediator. The archdiocese will raise $300 million to fund the settlement.

By Liam Stack, NY Times

Dec. 8, 2025

The Archdiocese of New York, the most influential Catholic diocese in the country, said on Monday that it had agreed to negotiate a settlement that would benefit roughly 1,300 people who have said they were sexually abused as minors by its priests and lay staff members.

To fund the settlement, the archdiocese said it had begun to raise $300 million by cutting costs and selling assets, including its headquarters in Manhattan and other real estate holdings.

Jeff Anderson, a lawyer who represents 300 people who have filed abuse claims against the archdiocese, said on Monday that the archdiocese had taken “a step in the right direction,” but cautioned that the church and its accusers remained far from a final deal.

“There is no agreement at all — what we do have is a proposal for a process by which you go into a mediation,” Mr. Anderson said. But, he added, “This is the first time the archdiocese has shown willingness to engage in any kind of process to bring all of this toward resolution.”

“Any time the church shows a willingness to engage in serious negotiation, all of us who represent survivors are eager to work together toward that end,” he said. “We are hopeful that we can and that we will.”

The announcement of the mediation was made in a public letter published on Monday by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who said that archdiocese officials had met in recent weeks with lawyers to discuss the contours of a global settlement between the church and its accusers.

“As we have repeatedly acknowledged, the sexual abuse of minors long ago has brought shame upon our church,” the cardinal wrote. “I once again ask forgiveness for the failing of those who betrayed the trust placed in them by failing to provide for the safety of our young people.”

Cardinal Dolan said both the archdiocese and representatives of its accusers had agreed to enlist Daniel J. Buckley, a retired judge from California, to act as a neutral mediator.

Judge Buckley previously helped to negotiate a similar settlement between the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and more than 1,000 people who had accused its personnel of past abuse, the cardinal said.