The New Orleans Roman Catholic archbishop, Gregory Aymond, has apologized to a group of survivors who have claimed they were abused by clergymen as children.

“I know you have been through a lot of pain,” he said on Thursday in a federal courtroom while looking directly at survivors Tim Trahan and Richard Coon.

Aymond was in court as part of a five-year-old bankruptcy protection case for his church.

“It’s embarrassing to me that someone would take advantage of children sexually. Please accept my personal invitation to meet with you personally,” he said. Trial begins in archdiocese of New Orleans’ $230m settlement for abuse survivors Read more

Trahan, who has been pushing to add one of the two priests he alleges abused him to the church’s credibly accused list, said he accepted

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