WorldPublished: 25 October 2026 at 06:09
New York Archdiocese agrees to pay $800m to 1,300 sexual abuse survivors
The Archdiocese of New York has agreed to pay $800m to 1,300 survivors of sexual abuse. It is the second-largest settlement of its kind, behind the $880m deal reached by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 2024.
The Archdiocese of New York in the United States has agreed to a settlement worth $800m. The money will go to 1,300 people who survived sexual abuse, Al Jazeera reported on October 25.
The payout is the second-largest settlement in comparable cases. Only the deal reached by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 2024 was bigger, at $880m.
The source gives no further details on the terms of the settlement, how the payments will be made or how the case progressed.
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