San Francisco Archdiocese settles abuse cases for $16 million

Published: 2005-07-12

SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) -- For the second month in a row, the San Francisco Archdiocese has announced a multimillion dollar settlement in clergy sex abuse cases. The archdiocese announced July 8 that it settled 12 cases for approximately $16 million. On June 10, it announced it had reached a settlement for $21,250,000 in 15 cases. In his July 8 statement, San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada said all the cases in the latest settlement involved the late Father Joseph Pritchard. "No parish or school assets were used in the funding of this settlement," the archbishop said. The amount of the settlements to come from insurance coverage has yet to be determined "so no specific dollar figures concerning the archdiocese's contribution can be disclosed at this time, other than to confirm that the contribution is in the millions," he said.

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