{"id":77550,"date":"2026-04-05T12:42:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=77550"},"modified":"2026-04-05T12:42:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:42:33","slug":"california-franciscans-announce-20-million-abuse-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/california-franciscans-announce-20-million-abuse-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0631\u0646\u0633\u064a\u0633\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0643\u0627\u0644\u064a\u0641\u0648\u0631\u0646\u064a\u0627 \u064a\u0639\u0644\u0646\u0648\u0646 \u0639\u0646 \u062a\u0633\u0648\u064a\u0629 \u0628\u0642\u064a\u0645\u0629 $20 \u0645\u0644\u064a\u0648\u0646 \u062f\u0648\u0644\u0627\u0631 \u0641\u064a \u0642\u0636\u0627\u064a\u0627 \u0625\u0633\u0627\u0621\u0629"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The Franciscan Friars of California have announced a $20 million settlement with alleged abuse victims, with the eight-figure payout coming after the group filed for bankruptcy several years ago. The friars announced in 2024 that they had filed a Chapter 11 petition \u201cto address 94 child sexual abuse claims.\u201d The order said at the time that the dozens of claims came about due to California state laws that \u201callowed abuse survivors to file decades-old complaints that were otherwise time-barred or\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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The friars announced in 2024 that they had filed a Chapter 11 petition \u201cto address 94 child sexual abuse claims.\u201d The order said at the time that the dozens of claims came about due to California state laws that \u201callowed abuse survivors to file decades-old complaints that were otherwise time-barred or\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-77550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54345,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/diocese-of-fresno-officially-files-for-bankruptcy-amid-more-than-150-abuse-claims\/","url_meta":{"origin":77550,"position":0},"title":"Diocese of Fresno officially files for bankruptcy amid more than 150 abuse claims","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u064a\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0648 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"null \/ Credit: Minerva Studio\/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 2, 2025 \/ 11:17 am (CNA). The Diocese of Fresno in California filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 1, seeking to address more than 150 abuse claims filed there in what Bishop Joseph Brennan said was part of a \u201cjourney of conversion through contrition.\u201d Brennan announced the filing via a video message on Tuesday. The bishop\u2019s message comes more than a year after he announced, in May 2024, that the diocese\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Diocese of Fresno officially files for bankruptcy amid more than 150 abuse claims","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Diocese-of-Fresno-officially-files-for-bankruptcy-amid-more-than-150-abuse-claims.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Diocese-of-Fresno-officially-files-for-bankruptcy-amid-more-than-150-abuse-claims.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Diocese-of-Fresno-officially-files-for-bankruptcy-amid-more-than-150-abuse-claims.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Diocese-of-Fresno-officially-files-for-bankruptcy-amid-more-than-150-abuse-claims.webp?fit=800%2C534&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":102370,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/quebec-archdiocese-will-pay-out-more-than-30-million-in-major-abuse-settlement\/","url_meta":{"origin":77550,"position":1},"title":"Quebec Archdiocese will pay out more than $30 million in major abuse settlement","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0623\u063a\u0633\u0637\u0633 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Archdiocese of Quebec in Canada will pay out an eight-figure sum as part of a major class action lawsuit that has played out there over the last several years.The archdiocese said in a press release that the agreement was ratified on Aug. 12 by Quebec Superior Court Judge Danye Daigle. The law firm Dufresne Wee, which had originally brought the lawsuit in 2020, also confirmed the settlement on its own website. An Aug. 12 filing in the superior court\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9023,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/st-maximilian-kolbes-beard-ewtn-friars-draw-inspiration-from-unusual-relic\/","url_meta":{"origin":77550,"position":2},"title":"St. Maximilian Kolbe\u2019s beard: EWTN friars draw inspiration from unusual relic","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0645\u0627\u0631\u0633 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] St. Maximilian Kolbe. \/ Credit: Wikimedia Commons\/public domain CNA Staff, Aug 14, 2024 \/ 16:06 pm (CNA). Aug. 14 is the feast day of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a saint best known for his heroic martyrdom at Auschwitz in 1941, when he volunteered to be executed in place of another prisoner.&nbsp;Like many Catholic saints, there exist today relics of Father Kolbe \u2014 pieces of a saint\u2019s body (first-class) or objects they owned (second-class) that are honored by the Catholic faithful\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kolbe.png?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kolbe.png?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kolbe.png?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":71453,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/new-york-archdiocese-announces-300-million-settlement-for-victims-of-clergy-abuse\/","url_meta":{"origin":77550,"position":3},"title":"New York archdiocese announces $300 million settlement for victims of clergy abuse","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u064a\u0646\u0627\u064a\u0631 11, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A view of St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral near Rockefeller Center in Manhattan on Feb. 2, 2023, in New York City. 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Unlike many U.S. dioceses that have faced hundreds of sex abuse claims and tens of millions of dollars in settlement costs, the Brooklyn Diocese has not filed for bankruptcy. 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