St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan, the seat of the Archdiocese of New York, holds mass on April 21, 2025, in New York. Yuki Iwamura/AP
Yuki Iwamura/AP
The Archdiocese of New York has agreed to pay $800 million to settle the claims brought against the church by some 1,300 people who say they faced sexual abuse from clergy members and lay workers.
Jeff Anderson, a lawyer whose firm represents more than 250 of the plaintiffs, said
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