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San Francisco Archdiocese Settles Abuse Claims | US News
San Francisco’s Catholic Archdiocese is settling 530 abuse lawsuits with a $395 million payout — the largest per-survivor settlement in a diocese bankruptcy case — after years of negotiation and amid bankruptcy proceedings. The deal mandates full transparency: publishing accused clergy lists, adding survivors to review boards, ending confidentiality agreements, and launching an independent records audit. Survivors’ attorneys hail it as a historic reckoning, while the Archbishop offers a full apology and calls for communal healing. This follows a similar $880 million settlement in Los Angeles…
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