Overview
- Lawyers announced Monday, June 29, 2026, that the Archdiocese reached a proposed $395 million deal to resolve roughly 530 childhood sexual-abuse claims.
- The agreement would create a $395 million trust to compensate survivors and preserves their right to seek additional recovery from the archdiocese’s insurers.
- The deal requires legally enforceable reforms including a public, regularly updated list of accused clergy, an independently managed public record of the church’s knowledge, a ban on confidentiality agreements, and personal apology letters from Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.
- Survivors helped negotiate the terms, will vote on the plan under an allocation protocol, and the agreement must be confirmed by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali to become binding and enforceable.
- The settlement is the largest diocesan bankruptcy payout to date in the U.S. and follows California’s temporary law that reopened decades-old claims, with possible effects on parish finances and future insurer litigation.