New York’s archdiocese and survivors of clergy abuse agree to $800 million legal settlement

<img width="1024" height="681" src="https://i0.wp.com/cruxnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/picture-of-New-York-archbishop.png?fit=1024%2C681&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Archbishop Ronald Hicks talks to reporters during a news conference at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, Feb. 5, 2026. (Credit: Seth Wenig/AP.)" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/cruxnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/picture-of-New-York-archbishop.png?

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction…”