The Catholic Diocese of Camden, New Jersey, on Tuesday agreed to pay $87.5 million to settle hundreds of claims of child sex abuse that allegedly spanned four decades.
The settlement could be one of the largest ever in the United States involving a Catholic diocese and will allow the plaintiffs to sue insurance companies related to the diocese, as well as schools and parishes, according to The New York Times.
"This settlement with the Bishop of Camden is a powerful advance in accountability," Jeff Anderson, an attorney representing nearly a third of the 300-some accusers, said."The credit goes to the survivors for standing up for themselves and the truth." In this photo taken with a fish-eye lens Pope Francis celebrates a Mass to mark the end of the Synod of bishops, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015.
The settlement has to go through a bankruptcy court and would pass the 2003 $85 million settlement in Boston. The alleged abuse, which was not detailed in the filing, occurred between the 1950s and 1990s at the diocese, which encompasses six counties in southern New Jersey on the outskirts of Philadelphia.
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