About three years after the Diocese of Syracuse, New York filed for bankruptcy following a wave of clergy sex abuse lawsuits, it has reached a $100 million settlement with survivors, the Crux website reports today (July 28, 2023).
Announcing the news to the Diocese of Syracuse faithful, Bishop Douglas Lucia offered an apology to the clergy sex abuse survivors for what they endured, and a commitment to further strengthen the diocese's safe environment protocols so that "the past does not repeat itself."
"As the present leader of the Roman Catholic Church of Syracuse, I cannot apologize enough for the abuse which happened or for any neglect in dealing with it," Lucia added.
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