On the other hand, the Counsel for the Survivors’ Committee, Jeffrey Prol, Esq commented that they are “pleased with the consensual resolution” and they are looking forward to “facilitating an expeditious distribution to survivors of sexual abuse.”
The settlement still needs the approval of United States Bankruptcy Judge Jerrol Poslusny, Jr. If approved, the $87.5 million settlement will become one of the most expensive publicly-disclosed payments by the Catholic Church involving sexual abuse by priests across the United States.
In 2003, the Boston Archdiocese paid $84.1 million to 541 individuals who claimed that they were sexually abused by priests. In 2002, it paid $10 million to settle the claims of 86 victims of clergy sexual abuse.
In December 2017, the Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in New York paid $40.05 million to 189 victims of sexual abuse by its clergy.
The Diocese of Springfield Massachusetts paid a total of $14.95 million to settle 147 claims of clergy sexual abuse since 1992.
