Delaware Diocese Offers $74 Million to Abuse Victims
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The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, with oversight of churches in Delaware and part of Maryland, offered to pay $74 million to end about 150 sexual-abuse lawsuits and exit bankruptcy.
The proposal would pay most of those who claim to have been sexually assaulted by a priest an average of $750,000, the diocese said in its proposal, filed yesterday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware. Under a previous offer, victims would have been paid about $349,000, on average.