New YorkThe archdiocese will pay $800 million to 1,300 survivors.
It is the second-largest US clergy abuse settlement, after Los Angeles’s $880 million in 2024.
Each survivor is expected to get at least $250,000, more for graver abuse, and the deal ends years of litigation without trial.
Archbishop Ronald Hicks and the plaintiffs formally sign the settlement on 6 November.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 40+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story differently.
- Al Jazeera Online
- emphasizes the NYT's account that each survivor gets at least $250,000, with more possible by abuse severity
- Deutsche Welle
- gives the settlement in euros (€714 million) and quotes plaintiff attorney Jeff Anderson's 'reckoning' language
- Reuters leans critical
Sources: Al Jazeera Online, Deutsche Welle, Reuters