San Francisco Archdiocese agrees to pay $395 million to settle child sex abuse lawsuits
Parishioners attend a service at St. Mary's Cathedral, the mother church of the archdiocese in San Francisco, on April 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — 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 Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone will have to write an apology letter to each survivor as part of the settlement.
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