NEW YORK (NY)
Catholic News Service via Crux
December 12, 2017
By Christie L. Chicoine
NEW YORK – According to newly released information, the Archdiocese of New York has resolved claims from 189 victims of clergy sexual abuse in the amount of $40 million.
The figure was contained in a report released Dec. 7 under the archdiocese’s Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program.
The program is part of the archdiocese’s continuing effort to renew its contrition to those who suffered sexual abuse as a minor by a priest or deacon and to bring a sense of healing to victim-survivors.
The report said the archdiocese was grateful to the more than 200 victim-survivors who stepped forward to participate in the program. The archdiocese also renewed “our sorrow and shame at what they were forced to endure” in the document.
The report outlined the program’s progress and reviewed steps the archdiocese made in dealing “vigorously” with clergy accused of abuse and preventing acts of abuse through the safe environment programs.
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