Overview
- The proposed plan would create a $180 million trust funded by the diocese and insurers to resolve claims from more than 300 survivors.
- The total folds in a prior $87.5 million settlement, with previously resistant insurance carriers now agreeing to pay.
- The agreement still requires approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court that is overseeing the diocese’s 2020 Chapter 11 case.
- Bishop Joseph A. Williams issued a public apology to victims, as survivors’ attorneys credited clients’ persistence for the outcome.
- A separate state grand jury probe into decades of alleged clergy abuse continues after the diocese withdrew objections and the New Jersey Supreme Court allowed it to proceed.