{"id":38616,"date":"2025-07-21T22:39:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T22:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=38616"},"modified":"2025-07-21T22:39:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T22:39:42","slug":"archdiocese-of-new-orleans-agrees-to-180-million-settlement-with-abuse-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/archdiocese-of-new-orleans-agrees-to-180-million-settlement-with-abuse-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Aartsbisdom New Orleans gaat akkoord met schikking van $180 miljoen met slachtoffers van misbruik"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100%; margin-bottom: 25px;\">\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/St_Louis_Cathedral_in_New_Orleans_Credit_travelview_Shutterstock.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 100%\" \/><br \/>\n  <span style=\"text-align: right; font-style: italic;\">St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. \/ Credit: travelview\/Shutterstock<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 \/ 11:52 am (CNA).<\/p>\n<p>The Archdiocese of New Orleans this week agreed to pay a massive $180 million to victims of clergy abuse there, bringing an end to years of bankruptcy proceedings in federal court and pointing to what Archbishop Gregory Aymond called \u201ca path to healing for survivors and for our local Church.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The law firm Pachulski Stang Ziehl &amp; Jones LLP, which represented abuse victims in the proceedings, said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/the-archdiocese-of-new-orleans-its-affiliates-and-certain-of-the-archdioceses-insurers-agree-to-pay-nearly-180-million-to-settle-sex-abuse-claims-302462611.html\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">een persbericht<\/a> that the sum represented \u201cmore than 20 times the archdiocese\u2019s initial settlement estimate\u201d when the archdiocese <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/44394\/archdiocese-of-new-orleans-files-for-bankruptcy\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">first filed for bankruptcy in 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The settlement, if it is accepted by the abuse survivors, brings an end to almost exactly five years of bitter disputes over how the archdiocese handled sex abuse cases in the past and how it planned to compensate victims of clergy abuse now.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The process was protracted enough that U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Meredith Grabill made the unusual move last month to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/263765\/new-orleans-archdiocese-ordered-to-defend-bankruptcy-case\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">order the archdiocese to defend the ongoing proceedings<\/a>, demanding that Church officials explain why the bankruptcy case should not be dismissed by the court.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The law firm representing the victims said this week that in addition to the multimillion-dollar settlement amount, the archdiocese will also be required to publish \u201cperpetrator files and other abuse-related documents.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As well, the settlement will establish \u201ca public archive that will serve as a repository of the history of abuse\u201d within the archdiocese. That archive will be administered by a secular college or university.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As well, the former Hope Haven orphanage just outside of New Orleans will receive a memorial to those who suffered sex abuse there. Multiple priests on the archdiocese\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nolacatholic.org\/2018-report\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">list of credibly accused clergy<\/a> allegedly committed abuse at that facility in the 1950s and 1960s.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Thursday, Aymond said the settlement gave him \u201cgreat hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The agreement \u201cprotects our parishes and begins to bring the proceedings to a close,\u201d the prelate said, adding: \u201cI am grateful to God for all who have worked to reach this agreement and that we may look to the future towards a path to healing for survivors and for our local Church.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The archbishop in the statement praised abuse victims for speaking out about what they endured.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease know that because of your courage in coming forward and your steadfast commitment to preventing the horrors of child sexual abuse, we are a better and stronger Church,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The settlement represents one of the larger sums in the U.S. paid out to victims of clergy sexual abuse.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Diocese of Buffalo, New York, last month said it will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/263579\/diocese-of-buffalo-will-pay-150-dollars-million-in-sex-abuse-settlement\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">pay out $150 million<\/a> as part of a settlement with victims of clergy sexual abuse there.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, meanwhile, in December 2024 said a court agreed to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/260859\/court-approves-new-york-diocese-s-record-323-dollars-million-abuse-settlement\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">record abuse settlement proposal of $323 million.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Rockville Centre sum represents the highest abuse settlement paid out by a single U.S. diocese, though the Archdiocese of Los Angeles last year said it would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/259905\/archdiocese-of-los-angeles-announces-nearly-1-dollar-billion-clergy-abuse-settlement\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">pay out nearly $900 million in abuse settlements<\/a>, which remains the most that any part of the U.S. Church has paid in such proceedings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/264271\/archdiocese-of-new-orleans-agrees-to-180-dollars-million-settlement-with-abuse-victims\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/264271\/archdiocese-of-new-orleans-agrees-to-180-dollars-million-settlement-with-abuse-victims<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. \/ Credit: travelview\/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 \/ 11:52 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of New Orleans this week agreed to pay a massive $180 million to victims of clergy abuse there, bringing an end to years of bankruptcy proceedings in federal court and pointing to what Archbishop Gregory [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":57796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-38616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Archdiocese-of-New-Orleans-agrees-to-180-million-settlement-with-abuse-victims.webp?fit=800%2C533&quality=75&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":74171,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/archdiocese-of-new-orleans-issues-public-apology-to-abuse-victims\/","url_meta":{"origin":38616,"position":0},"title":"Archdiocese of New Orleans issues public apology to abuse victims","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"maart 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Saint Louis Cathedral and Jackson Square are seen at sunset near the French Quarter in downtown New Orleans on April 10, 2010. | Credit: Graythen\/Getty Images Jan 5, 2026 \/ 18:32 pm (CNA). 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