Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has settled with >1500 victims of childhood sexual molestation for $880 million.

Added to earlier settlements of $740 million, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has now paid $1.5 billion to the victims of the 300 priests who molested children while employed by the LA Archdiocese.  

From the National Catholic Reporter:

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades, in what an attorney said was the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese, it was announced Wednesday.

After the announcement of the agreement in principle, Archbishop José H. Gomez said in a statement, “I am sorry for every one of these incidents, from the bottom of my heart.”

“My hope is that this settlement will provide some measure of healing for what these men and women have suffered,” the archbishop added. “I believe that we have come to a resolution of these claims that will provide just compensation to the survivor-victims of these past abuses.”

Attorneys for 1,353 people who allege that they suffered horrific abuse at the hands of local Catholic priests reached the settlement after months of negotiations with the archdiocese, the Los Angeles Times reported….

The law firm for this class settlement was Jeff Anderson & Associates PA of Los Angeles, St. Paul, and New York City. 

Los Angeles Archdiocese Cardinal Mahony was deposed in 2014 by Jeff Anderson & Associates PA. This is Part 1 of 3:

Attorney Marci Hamilton posted this on her LinkedIn page: