Cardinal Timothy Dolan said Thursday that the Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of New York has created an independently-mediated
compensation program for people who were sexually abused by church
leaders, likely the first of its kind in the nation.
Abuse survivors who are willing to waive the right to sue could in exchange receive financial compensation at an amount set by an independent mediator, a plan that mirrors compensation funds used in the wake of national tragedies and major scandals. One of the mediators the archdiocese has hired, Kenneth Feinberg, also set compensation amounts for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the Orlando nightclub shooting, the Boston Marathon bombing and the BP oil spill.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/10/06/archdiocese-of-new-york-announces-plan-to-pay-sex-abuse-victims/
Abuse survivors who are willing to waive the right to sue could in exchange receive financial compensation at an amount set by an independent mediator, a plan that mirrors compensation funds used in the wake of national tragedies and major scandals. One of the mediators the archdiocese has hired, Kenneth Feinberg, also set compensation amounts for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the Orlando nightclub shooting, the Boston Marathon bombing and the BP oil spill.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/10/06/archdiocese-of-new-york-announces-plan-to-pay-sex-abuse-victims/