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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jack Brook

Court settlement approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to pay hundreds of clergy abuse victims

Clergy Abuse New Orleans Saints - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The New Orleans Archdiocese will pay at least $230 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement approved Monday by a federal judge that follows years of negotiations.

Richard Trahant, an attorney representing victims in the case, and a spokesperson for the archdiocese both confirmed approval of the settlement to The Associated Press by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Meredith Grabill.

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