NEW YORK
NBC New York
By Andrew Siff
The Archdiocese of New York will create a compensation program for people who were abused by Catholic clergymen in the past, Cardinal Timothy Dolan announced on Thursday.
In a news release Thursday, the archdiocese said that it will take about four months for the more than 170 survivors to come forward to have their claims for compensation reviewed.
The archdiocese said it has already started contacting survivors who had previously told the church that they had been abused by the clergy.
“The program we are establishing today will, please God, help bring a measure of peace and healing to those who have suffered abuse by a member of the clergy of this archdiocese,” Dolan said in a statement.
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