L.A. Archdiocese to Pay $880 Million Child Sex Abuse Settlement

The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will settle more than 1,300 child sexual abuse claims for $880 million, according to a preliminary agreement announced Wednesday.

It’s the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese, according to a news release from Manly Stewart & Finaldi, the law firm representing victims. It comes as Catholic dioceses across the country are filing bankruptcy as they face a deluge of child sex abuse complaints.

“I am sorry for every one of these incidents, from the bottom of my heart,” said L.A. Archbishop José H. Gomez in a Wednesday letter. “My hope ...