CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2025 / 09:30 am

The Archdiocese of New York will pay out nearly a third of a billion dollars to victims of clergy sex abuse, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said this week, offering one of the biggest Church payouts in U.S. history in order to compensate for the “horror of abuse” by clergy there.

Cardinal Dolan said the archdiocese will pay out “a total of more than $300 million” to abuse survivors as part of a “global settlement” with victims.

The archdiocese has made “a series of very difficult financial decisions” to help fund the settlement, Cardinal Dolan said in the Dec. 8 statement , including staff layoffs and a 10% reduction in the archdiocese's operating budget.

“We are also working to finalize the sale of significant real estate assets,” the prelate said. He point

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