{"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\/es\/learn\/california-franciscans-announce-20-million-abuse-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Los franciscanos de California anuncian un acuerdo de $20 millones por abusos"},"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\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/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":103980,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/how-one-lithuanian-cardinal-resisted-soviet-persecution-from-a-kgb-prison-cell\/","url_meta":{"origin":77550,"position":0},"title":"How one Lithuanian cardinal resisted Soviet persecution from a KGB prison cell","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"agosto 29, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A new biography published in Lithuania recounts the life of Cardinal Sigitas Tamkevi\u010dius, SJ, one of the leading Catholic figures in the resistance to Soviet religious persecution. 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