Сан-Францискогийн католик сүмийн тэргүүн нар бэлгийн хүчирхийлэлд өртсөн хохирогчдод нөхөн олговор олгож, хүүхэд хамгааллын шинэ тогтолцоог нэвтрүүлэхээр тохиролцлоо.
Сан-Францискогийн Католик шашны сүмийн захиргаа хүүхдийн бэлгийн хүчирхийлэлтэй холбоотой 500 гаруй нэхэмжлэлийг шийдвэрлэх хүрээнд 395 сая ам.доллар төлөхөөр зарчмын хувьд тохиролцлоо. Энэхүү хэлэлцээр нь тус сүмийн дампуурлын хэрэгтэй (Chapter 11) холбоотой бөгөөд Калифорни мужийн 2019 оны хуулийн дагуу хөөн хэлэлцэх хугацаа нь дууссан гэж үзэж байсан хуучны гомдлуудыг хүчинтэй болгосон юм.
Хэлэлцээрийн хүрээнд хамба лам Сальваторе Ж.Кордилеоне хохирогч тус бүрт уучлал гуйсан захидал бичих үүрэг хүлээв. Түүнчлэн сүмийн захиргаа хүүхэд хамгааллын шинэчлэл хийж, хүчирхийлэлд буруутгагдсан санваартан нарын нэрсийн жагсаалтыг ил тод болгох, хохирогчдыг дуугүй байлгах зорилготой нууцлалын гэрээнүүдийг хориглохоор болжээ.
Хамба лам Кордилеоне санхүүгийн нөхөн олговор нь өнгөрсөн үеийн гэмт хэргийн ул мөрийг бүрэн арилгах боломжгүй ч хохирогчдын хувьд шударга ёсыг тогтоох нэг алхам болно гэж мэдэгдсэн байна. Сүмийн зүгээс урьд өмнө гарсан алдаа дутагдлыг хүлээн зөвшөөрч, хариуцлага хүлээхээ илэрхийлжээ.
Сан-Францискогийн сүмийн захиргаа 2023 оны наймдугаар сард дампуурлын хамгаалалт хүссэн бөгөөд нөхөн олговрыг сүмийн харьяа байгууллагууд болон бусад хөрөнгийн эх үүсвэрээс бүрдүүлэх юм. АНУ-ын бусад бүс нутагт ч мөн ижил төстэй томоохон хэлэлцээрүүд хийгдэж байгаа бөгөөд тухайлбал, Лос-Анжелесийн сүм өнгөрсөн оны аравдугаар сард 880 сая ам.долларын нөхөн олговор олгохоор тохиролцсон байна.
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The archbishop of San Francisco will also write an apology letter to each survivor under the proposed settlement
The Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco has agreed in principle to pay $395 million to settle more than 500 child sex abuse lawsuits, marking yet another hefty payout by the US Catholic Church over widespread molestation claims in recent years.
The proposed agreement, announced on Monday, is tied to the archdiocese’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case and would resolve all lawsuits brought against it under California Assembly Bill 218, a 2019 law that temporarily revived decades-old civil claims that would otherwise have been barred by the statute of limitations.
As part of the settlement, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone will be required to write an apology letter to each survivor, according to lawyers for the plaintiffs. The archdiocese will also have to implement a series of child-protection and transparency reforms, including maintaining and publishing a list of clergy accused of abuse and banning confidentiality agreements that silence survivors.
Today, the archdiocese has reached a settlement agreement in principle associated with the Chapter 11 bankruptcy action that would resolve all sexual abuse lawsuits brought against the archdiocese under California Assembly Bill 218. While no financial settlement can erase the…
— Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone (@ArchCordileone) June 29, 2026
Cordileone said in a letter to the faithful that “no financial settlement can erase the painful legacy” of past abuse, but argued that the proposal offers “a path toward fair compensation for survivors who have carried the burden of this abuse for a lifetime.”
“Although most of the sexual abuse claims… involve incidents dating back many decades and individuals who are deceased or no longer in ministry, we accept responsibility for the failures that allowed this harm to occur,” he wrote. “I sincerely apologize to all those who have suffered because of those failures.”
The archdiocese filed for bankruptcy protection in August 2023 after facing more than 500 civil lawsuits. A survivor-led committee is expected to help establish protocols for distributing the funds, with each claimant given an opportunity to submit their story to an independent allocator.
The Archdiocese of San Francisco serves roughly 442,000 Catholics across San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin counties. In its statement, the archdiocese said parishes, schools, and other related entities would have to contribute funds and unrestricted assets to the settlement, while donor-restricted donations and annual appeal funds would not be used.
The San Francisco case is the latest in a wave of large settlements and bankruptcy filings by Catholic dioceses across the US, many triggered by state laws reopening legal windows for historical abuse claims.
Earlier this year, the Diocese of Brooklyn said it was seeking to settle roughly 1,100 child sex abuse claims, most dating back to the 1960s and 1970s.
In October 2024, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to pay $880 million to settle 1,353 claims of childhood sexual abuse, the largest single settlement of its kind involving a Catholic archdiocese.
The Archdiocese of Baltimore filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2023 after Maryland passed a law removing the statute of limitations for child sex abuse lawsuits.
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