Oakland Diocese proposes new $242 million sex abuse scandal settlement
Diocese of Oakland proposed a $242 million settlement for hundreds of alleged clergy sexual-abuse survivors, drawing victims' attorneys' rejection as inadequate and exclusionary.
New Orleans Catholic archdiocese to pay $230m to 600 sexual abuse survivors
Federal judge approved New Orleans archdiocese settlement: $230 million to about 600 clergy sexual-abuse survivors, plus reforms to disclosure and child protection.
Ex-Catholic priest exploited family deaths to abuse disabled boy, police allege
A New Orleans priest allegedly mentored and then sexually abused a disabled boy for years; arrested, held without bail amid the archdiocese's bankruptcy-linked settlements.