US EditionBrooklyn Diocese to Settle 1,100 More Sex Abuse Cases After Paying $100M+ in Victim Compensation
Bishop Brennan announced mediation with retired Judge Buckley to resolve 1,100 lawsuits after paying $100 million to 500 survivors under a 2017 program.
- On Feb. 12, Bishop Robert Brennan announced the Diocese of Brooklyn will pursue a global resolution of approximately 1,100 remaining cases in Brooklyn and Queens.
- Amid a surge of revived claims, Bishop Brennan said the diocese seeks a global resolution to avoid the time, expense, and emotional strain of individual trials for victim-survivors.
- The diocese will engage mediators Judge Daniel J. Buckley and Paul A. Finn, while Bishop Robert Brennan said the Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program has paid over 500 victim-survivors more than $100 million.
- Some plaintiff attorneys praised the move while others criticized it: Jeff Anderson, plaintiffs attorney for over 200 survivors, called it a real opportunity, but PCVA Law said clients were `left completely in the dark`.
- Funding will come from insurance proceeds, asset sales and cost-cutting—not parish donations—and the diocese said the settlement could total in the hundreds of millions.
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