Brooklyn Diocese to pay nine-figure sum to settle 1,100 sex abuse claims

Source: New York Post

The Brooklyn Diocese has agreed to negotiate a “global” settlement to compensate 1,100 people who have accused priests and staffers of child sex abuse — a figure that will likely run into hundreds of millions of dollars. The payouts for the cases — 90% of which go back more than 50 years to the 1960s and ’70s — will be a huge financial blow to the diocese, forcing it to unload real estate to raise the settlement money. “To facilitate this global resolution, the Diocese is cost-cutting and setting aside significant funds to compensate victim-survivors.