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New Orleans Church’s Proposed Settlement With Abuse Survivors Lays Out ‘Point’ System, by David Hammer – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

New Orleans Church’s Proposed Settlement With Abuse Survivors Lays Out ‘Point’ System, by David Hammer

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By David Hammer of WWL Louisiana in New Orleans, Posted on The Guardian, Aug. 9,2025

Ramon Antonio Vargas contributed reporting

 In the US, call or text the Childhelp abuse hotline on 800-422-4453 or visit their website for more resources and to report child abuse or DM for help. For adult survivors of child abuse, help is available at ascasupport.org. In the UK, the NSPCC offers support to children on 0800 1111, and adults concerned about a child on 0808 800 5000. The National Association for People Abused in Childhood (Napac) offers support for adult survivors on 0808 801 0331. In Australia, children, young adults, parents and teachers can contact the Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800, or Bravehearts on 1800 272 831, and adult survivors can contact Blue Knot Foundation on 1300 657 380. Other sources of help can be found at Child Helplines International

 

Archdiocese has proposed a system based on type of abuse suffered by victims as part of its ongoing bankruptcy case

Documents filed recently in the New Orleans Roman Catholic archdiocese’s five-year bankruptcy case provide more clarity on how claims will be doled out to victims of clergy abuse if a proposed settlement is approved. Points will be assigned to each abuse claim based on the severity of the abuse and its effects on each victim’s life, but the records do not offer much clarity on how much actual money those points will be worth.

Claims that a Catholic church employee raped them will be worth twice as much money to abuse survivors as having a priest masturbate in front of them, four times more than if a cleric touched them under their clothes and seven times more than being shown pornography, according to details from a settlement disclosure statement filed and amended recently. ….

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