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File – A silhouette of a crucifix and a glass window can be seen on December 1, 2012 in a Catholic church in New Orleans.
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New Orleans – The Archdiocese of New Orleans agreed to pay almost 180 million US dollars to the victims of the sexual abuse of clergymen as part of a settlement announced on Wednesday, which in a series of settlements from the Catholic Church.
The archdiocese, its communities and several insurers pay $ 179.2 million for the survivors of advantages in a trust, as was negotiated from a statement by the committee that the agreement has negotiated. The money is distributed after the church emerges from bankruptcy, it said.
But many of the survivors were not on board, their lawyers said.
“This proposed settlement was concluded in a secret backroom deal, which the archdiocese, the creditor committees and the mediators knew that the vast majority of victim overlap would never agree and undoubtedly tune in,” said the lawyers Soren Gisleson, Johnny to the press in an explanation towards the assigned press. “It makes no sense and is a continuation of the life of abuse that the archdiocese has inflicted on these people.”
The agreement that would pay a lawsuit submitted in 2020 requires the approval of the survivors as well as the insolvency court and other archdiocese believers.
Aaron Hebert, who says that he was abused by a priest in the 1960s as an eighth grader, described the deal “an insult and a slap in the face”.
“The Archdiocese of New Orleans and Archbishop (Gregory) Aymond throw this offer to prevent victims and survivors from taking over their claims to the state court,” said Hebert.
The statement of the committee stated that the deal was also provided with so -called “unprecedented” provisions and procedures to protect against future misuse and the provision of services for survivors, including the rights and changes in the archdiocese for the treatment of abuse claims.
“I am grateful to God for everyone who has worked to achieve this agreement and we can look at a way to healing for survivors and our local church,” said Aymond in a statement.
The suit comprises more than 500 people who say that they have been abused by clergymen. In this case, an abundance of classes of the church was produced in order to document the clergy that have been documented by years of abuse claims and a pattern of executives without reporting their presumed crimes of law enforcement.
In 2018, the archdiocese published a list in which more than 50 clergymen who were removed over the years were identified due to “credible allegations” due to sexual abuse from the ministry.