玛雅·金（Maya King）和杰弗里·C·梅斯（Jeffery C Mays） 经过多年的法律压力和对破产的担忧，纽约总教区（The New York Archdiocese）接近达成一项价值超过8亿美元的和解协议，以解决1,300起性虐指控。
Maya King and Jeffery C Mays The New York Archdiocese is close to a settlement worth more than US$800 million for 1,300 sexual abuse claims, after years of legal pressure and fears of bankruptcy.
原告律师表示，所有幸存者都签署了修改后的协议，不过总教区表示“我们还没有完全走到那一步”，一些持保留意见的人推迟了最终批准。
Plaintiffs’ lawyers said all survivors signed the revised deal, though the archdiocese said, “We are not quite there yet,” and a few holdouts delayed final approval.
该协议将向每人提供至少25万美元的赔偿，为持保留意见的人追加2000万美元，并强制总教区公布被指控可信的神职人员和世俗领导人的姓名。
The deal would offer at least US$250,000 per person, add US$20 million for holdouts, and force the archdiocese to publish names of credibly accused clergy and lay leaders.
人工智能生成 纽约报道——10月23日，纽约总教区与原告律师正接近达成一项和解协议，根据该协议，教会将支付超过8亿美元（合10亿新加坡元），以解决来自1,300人的索赔，这些人称自己曾遭到该教会神职人员和世俗领导人的性虐待。
AI generated NEW YORK – The Archdiocese of New York and plaintiffs’ lawyers were closing in on a settlement on Oct 23 in which the Church would pay more than US$800 million (S$1 billion) to settle claims from 1,300 people who said they had been sexually abused by its clergy members and lay leaders.
原告律师表示，他们已与总教区敲定和解方案，且所有原告均已签字。
The plaintiffs’ lawyers said that they had finalised the settlement with the archdiocese and that all of the plaintiffs had signed off on it.
但总教区发言人约瑟夫·兹威林（Joseph Zwilling）在10月24日晚间的一场采访中表示，各方仍在努力最终敲定该协议。“我们还没有完全走到那一步，”他说。
But Joseph Zwilling, a spokesperson for the archdiocese, said in an interview on the night of Oct 24 that the parties were still working to finalise the agreement. “We are not quite there yet,” he said.
原告律师称，根据和解条款，每位原告将有权选择领取至少25万美元的整笔一次性赔偿金，或者在对其声称的受虐程度进行审查后获得可能更多的赔偿。
Terms of the settlement would call for each plaintiff to have the option of receiving a lump-sum payment of at least US$250,000, or a potentially larger payout after a review of the extent of the abuse each plaintiff has claimed, according to the plaintiffs’ lawyers.
这项提议将结束一场持续多年的风波，该风波曾威胁到这个美国最重要的罗马天主教总教区，令其面临破产边缘。
The proposal would end a multi-year saga that threatened to bankrupt the United States’ foremost Roman Catholic archdiocese.
拟议和解协议的条款要求全部1,300名原告予以接受，但其中有一些持保留意见的人，他们认为该提议在纠正他们所经历的伤害方面做得不够。部分原告的去世也阻碍了进展。
The terms of the proposed settlement required that all 1,300 plaintiffs accept it, and there were some holdouts, who argued that the proposal did not do enough to rectify the harms they had experienced. Progress was also stymied by the deaths of some plaintiffs.
杰夫·安德森及联合律所（Jeff Anderson & Associates）的律师特鲁莎·戈夫（Trusha Goffe）在10月23日向该律所近300名自称受虐的客户发送的一封电子邮件中写道：“今晚，我们得以与总教区敲定和解协议。”
“Tonight, we were able to finalise the settlement with the Archdiocese,” Trusha Goffe, an attorney with Jeff Anderson & Associates, wrote on Oct 23 in an email to the firm’s nearly 300 clients who say they were abused.
“所有幸存者都同意了修改后的协议。这意味着你们同意的和解方案将得以推进。”原告律师表示，他们曾多次警告客户，如果他们不接受该提议，总教区极有可能宣布破产，从而减少最终赔偿的金额，并延长本已长达数年的诉讼时间。
“All of the survivors agreed to the revised deal. This means that the settlement you agreed to will move forward.”Lawyers for the plaintiffs said they had repeatedly warned their clients that if they did not accept the proposal, the archdiocese would most likely declare bankruptcy, reducing the size of any eventual payout and extending the length of the already years-long litigation.
律师们表示，为了安抚对该提议感到抵触的少数原告，总教区与其中一家保险公司进行了谈判，以增加向这些持保留意见者支付的赔偿金额。
To appease the handful of plaintiffs who were resistant to the proposal, the lawyers said, the archdiocese negotiated with one of its insurers to increase the amount of money it would pay the holdouts.
他们现在将获得总额为2000万美元的资金，并在他们之间平分——这是一种罕见的安排，主要取决于保险资金的可用性。
They would now receive a pot of US$20 million to be evenly distributed among them – an uncommon arrangement that hinged largely on the availability of insurance funds.
保罗·莫内斯（Paul Mones）是一位资深律师，他那家总部位于洛杉矶的律所代理了该总教区33名原告，他表示：“幸存者们在这里展现出了惊人的毅力和耐心。”
“The survivors showed an amazing amount of perseverance and patience here,” said Paul Mones, a veteran lawyer whose Los Angeles-based firm represents 33 of the plaintiffs against the archdiocese.
“在经历了一生痛苦与挣扎之后，他们鼓起精力完成了这最后的一里路。希望这项协议能给他们带来一定程度的慰藉和疗愈。”包括曼哈顿、布朗克斯、史泰登岛和少数哈德逊河谷社区在内的纽约总教区，将成为最新一家支付数亿美元以解决性虐指控的天主教机构。
“After a lifetime of pain and struggle, they mustered the energy to push that final mile. And hopefully this deal will give them a degree of solace and healing.”The Archdiocese of New York, which includes Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island and a handful of Hudson Valley communities, would be the latest Catholic institution to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to settle claims of sexual abuse.
今年6月，旧金山总教区同意支付3.95亿美元，以解决来自530多人的索赔，这些人称神职人员和世俗领导人虐待了他们。
In June, the Archdiocese of San Francisco agreed to pay US$395 million to settle claims from more than 530 people who said clergy members and lay leaders had abused them.
N 2024年，洛杉矶总教区以超过10亿美元的价格就类似指控达成和解——这是教会历史上最大的性虐待和解案之一。
In 2024, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles settled similar claims for more than US$1 billion – one of the largest sexual abuse settlements in church history.
与纽约总教区达成的协议还要求其在网站上公布被指控性虐待可信的神职人员和世俗领导人的姓名，并随着未来任何得到证实的虐待指控更新该名单。
The agreement with the New York Archdiocese also requires it to publish on its website the names of the clergy members and lay leaders who were credibly accused of sexual abuse, and to keep that list updated with any future substantiated claims of abuse.
指控者及其律师表示，他们认为这些要求不仅能揭露过去的虐待行为，还有助于防止未来的虐待发生。目前尚不清楚如果总教区宣布破产，将会面临何种信息披露（如果有的话）。
The accusers and their lawyers said they thought these requirements would not only illuminate past abuses, but also help to prevent future ones. It is unclear what disclosures, if any, the archdiocese would have faced if it had declared bankruptcy.
戈夫在电子邮件中表示，她将在未来两周内提供有关和解流程的更多细节，但她希望强调该协议代表着“多么伟大的成就”。《纽约时报》 本文最初发表于《纽约时报》。
In her email, Goffe said she would have more details about the settlement process in the next two weeks but wanted to emphasise “what an achievement” the agreement represents. NYTIMES This article originally appeared in The New York Times.