The San Francisco Catholic Archdiocese has agreed to pay $395 million to settle more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials, plaintiffs' attorneys said Monday.
San Francisco’s Roman Catholic archdiocese filed for bankruptcy August 21, saying the filing is necessary to manage more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials.
A suspect has been arrested in the killing of a Catholic bishop who was fatally shot over the weekend in Southern California in a crime that shocked the Los Angeles religious and immigrant communities.
