Los Angeles – Los Angeles County has reached a $ 4 billion agreement To resolve almost 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in minor facilities since 1959. Officials say that the agreement still needs the approval of the Los Angeles County Supervisors Board. It would be the greatest settlement of this type in the history of the United States.
Here is a list of the largest settlements achieved in recent years by organizations and victims of sexual abuse:
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The Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to pay $ 800 million To the victims of sexual abuse of the clergy, which carries the total payment of the Catholic archdiocese, which covers the counties of Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles, more than $ 1.5 billion.
The Boy Scouts of America reached a $ 2.6 billion agreement with more than 80,000 men who said they were abused from the leaders of the explorers and others. At that time, it was the largest sexual abuse settlement in the history of the United States.
The University of Southern California agreed to an agreement of $ 852 million with more than 700 women who accused the gynecologist of the University’s sexual abuse campus. When combined with a previous agreement of a separate class action demand, USC agreed to pay more than $ 1 billion For claims against Dr. George Tyndall, who worked at school for almost three decades.
Michigan State University agreed pay $ 500 million to solve claims Of more than 300 women and girls who said they were attacked by the sports doctor Larry Nassar. Separately, the United States Department of Justice agreed to an agreement of $ 138.7 million with more than 100 people who accused the FBI of accusations of sexual aggression against Nassar in 2015 and 2016.
The Archdiocese of San Pablo and Minneapolis announced A $ 210 million agreement with 450 victims of the sexual abuse of the clergy as part of his plan for bankruptcy reorganization.
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles established cases of sexual abuse of the clergy with 508 victims for $ 660 million. That same year, the Catholic diocese of San Diego agreed to pay $ 198 million to liquidate 400 demands allege priests and other sexually abused children.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, one of the most influential dioceses of the nation, agreed to pay $ 85 million to liquidate more than 500 demands for sexual abuse of the clergy. He Reference case Emports reports from the United States and the world of generalized abuse by priests, and church efforts to hide it.
