As window for claims closes, Archdiocese of Philadelphia to pay $32M to abuse victims

PHILADELPHIA (PA)
WHYY

October 1, 2019

By Laura Benshoff

$32,090,000.

That’s how much money has been offered to victims of sexual abuse by Philadelphia Archdiocese clergy to date, according to Hon. Larry Stengel, chair of the oversight committee for the Archdiocese’ Independent Reconciliation and Reparations Program.

This interim figure will likely go up.

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