NY Diocese Agrees To Pay $320M To Abuse Victims

Patch Rockville Centre reports:

The Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre (DRVC) and its parishes have announced a proposed global settlement with hundreds of sex abuse survivors, who allege they were abused as children at the DRVC’s parishes, churches, and schools, lawyers for survivors announced on Thursday.

The settlement is based on DRVC’s parishes filing for a $320 million bankruptcy, and it will halt a number of jury trials against the Diocese and its parishes.

Filed on October 1, 2020, the DRVC’s bankruptcy is one of the longest pending Catholic bankruptcies in the country, and has also been one of the most contentious. Law firm Slater Slater Schulman served as a mediation party in the historic settlement, under which a trust will receive approximately $320.5 million for the benefit of survivors.

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