NEW YORK
New York Daily News
BY
DENIS SLATTERY
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Thursday, June 22, 2017
The Diocese of Brooklyn is setting up a fund to compensate people who were abused by clergy when they were kids, mirroring a plan set up by Cardinal Dolan across the East River.
The Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program, announced Thursday by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, will allow victims of sexual abuse by priests or deacons of the diocese to seek financial compensation.
“I am well aware that no amount of money will ever heal the scars of abuse, but this compensation program is a concrete expression of our contrition and our desire to make amends,” DiMarzio said in a video statement.
The Brooklyn diocese oversees 186 parishes and 211 churches in both Brooklyn and Queens.
A loan will be taken out by the church to pay for the cost of compensating survivors, church officials said.
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