Agreement still needs approval by creditors in the case.
Settlement terms have been reached between the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg and nearly 60 clergy sex abuse survivors with active claims in the church's bankruptcy case. St. Patrick Cathedral in Harrisburg, seen here, is the mother church of the Harrisburg diocese. This original photo, by Wally Gobetz, is used under a creative commons license .
The $18.25 million settlement proposed in the case will be funded by $7.5 million from the diocese itself, and $10.75 million from its insurance companies. The funds would be transferred into an independent Survivor Compensation Trust, which will review and pay out the abuse survivor claims. Each claimant will then be paid based on their share of the total points and the dollars remaining in the trust after several priority claims are paid. But all survivors, the distribution documents state, will receive at least $50,000.
The protocols, first and foremost, are designed to reduce the potential for future abuses, with rules that, for example, prohibit priests from being alone with a child except in the case of hearing a confession. In its release, the claimants’ committee stated it considers these “the most thorough and advanced protocols for child protection ever negotiated.”
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