Link: https://apnews.com/article/clergy-abuse-legal-settlement-new-york-archdiocese-fc20b55e4373499a7eb2fb663aeb3599

The Archdiocese of New York and attorneys for about 1,300 parishioners who said they were sexually abused by clergy have agreed to an $800 million settlement of their legal claims, the second-largest involving a Catholic archdiocese in the U.S.

Archbishop Ronald Hicks sent an email Saturday to clergy confirming the settlement after attorneys for the survivors of alleged abuse announced it. Hicks said the agreement will not be final until the parties sign it, an action scheduled for the week of Nov. 6.

The only larger settlement over sexual abuse claims in the U.S. was by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, which agreed in 2024 to pay $880 million to 1,000 abuse victims, in addition to $740 million in claims it had paid previously. In June, the Archdiocese of San Francisco agreed to a $395 million settlement over about 500 lawsuits filed over clergy abuse, and in December 2025, a federal judge approved a settlement in which the Archdiocese of New Orleans agreed to pay at least $230 million to abuse victims.

Is there a single major city in the US where Roman Catholic leaders HAVEN'T been caught running or hiding a child molester ring at this point? LA, New York, San Francisco, Boston... hell... here in Kansas City we had a bishop charged in a secular court for "failure to report" when he knew a priest was doing unspeakable things to kids. And the Pope's response to that was to allow him to retire peacefully in Italy. His name was Robert Finn and he was and is a motherfucker.

If you weren't aware, the RCC carries "litigation insurance". (Think, "rape" insurance.) They've already accepted that they're not going to do anything about child molesters and have mechanisms in place to manage the cost to the church.

Bottom line: Do not trust your children around these people ever.

Nothing will change, there is no information about changing the structure to prevent it happening again. Much like any business breaking the law and paying a fine just becomes a cost of doing business.

800 MILLION dollars ?
How do they have all that money in the first place?

They probably had rape litigation insurance to help foot the bill. The RCC is well aware that these cases are inevitable.