The Archdiocese of San Francisco agrees to pay $395 million to resolve about 530 lawsuits alleging decades of sexual abuse by clergy and creates a survivors’ trust and committee to oversee distributions.The settlement mandates a 14-point child protection and transparency plan that requires publication of a comprehensive list of accused clergy, bans confidentiality agreements, protects whistleblowers and forbids certain adult-to-minor digital contact and lobbying against mandatory reporting laws.Archbishop
Salvatore Cordileone will send apology letters to survivors, lead attorney
Jeff Anderson says the reforms are unprecedented compared with past deals though they fall short of full accountability, and the agreement follows the archdiocese’s
Chapter 11 filing after California law
AB218 opened long‑dormant claims.