纽约总教区周六表示，已达成一项和解协议，教会将向数百名遭受神职人员性侵害的受害者支付超过8亿美元。
New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan attends the mass before blessing food donations prepared by Catholic Charities for families in need ahead of Thanksgiving week, outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, US, November 23, 2025.— Reuters The Archdiocese of New York said Saturday it had agreed to a settlement in which the church would pay more than $800 million to hundreds of victims of sexual abuse by clergy.
根据《纽约时报》率先披露的消息，这大约1300名受害者每人将至少获得25万美元，并可能根据所受虐待的严重程度获得更多赔偿。
The agreement, to be formally signed in early November, marks the end of years of negotiations with lawyers representing the plaintiffs, as the American Catholic Church has been mired in sexual abuse scandals since the early 2000s.
该协议将于11月初正式签署，标志着与代表原告的律师进行的多年谈判画上句号，美国天主教会自21世纪初以来一直深陷性侵丑闻。
"We are on the verge of being able to, please God, bring some measure of healing and reconciliation to all victim-survivors," New York Archbishop Ronald Hicks wrote in an email sent to his priests and forwarded to by the archdiocese.
“我们即将能够，请上帝保佑，给所有受害幸存者带来一定程度的治愈与和解，”纽约总主教罗纳德·希克斯在一封发给神职人员并由总教区转发的电子邮件中写道。
According to The New York Times which broke the story, each of the approximately 1,300 victims will receive at least $250,000, and potentially more depending on the severity of the abuse suffered.
希克斯的邮件称，纽约总教区——其管辖范围涵盖曼哈顿、史泰登岛、布朗克斯以及城市以北的若干县——现在将能够“再次全神贯注于其传播福音、治愈病患、照顾穷人和有需要者、欢迎陌生人以及教育儿童的使命”。
The Archdiocese of New York, which covers Manhattan, Staten Island, the Bronx and several counties north of the city, will now be able to "turn its full attention once again to its mission of preaching the Gospel, healing the sick, caring for the poor and needy, welcoming the stranger, and educating our children," Hicks' email said.
教皇利奥十四世去年任命希克斯为主教，接替了极具影响力的保守派枢机主教蒂莫西·多兰。在离任前，多兰曾宣布设立一项3亿美元的基金，用于补偿性侵受害者。
Pope Leo XIV appointed Hicks bishop last year, replacing the influential conservative Cardinal Timothy Dolan. Before his departure, Dolan had announced the creation of a $300 million fund to compensate sexual abuse victims.
2000年代，媒体调查揭露，美国天主教神父在数十年间对数千名儿童实施了性侵害，而教会领导层往往掩盖这些案件或调动涉事神父，而非向民事当局报案。
In the 2000s, press investigations revealed that Catholic priests in the United States had committed sexual abuse against thousands of children over several decades, and that church leaders had often covered up these cases or transferred the offending priests instead of reporting them to civil authorities.
全国各地的教区已支付数亿美元赔偿金，并设立了项目以在不经审判的情况下补偿受害者。
Dioceses across the country have paid hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, and programs have been created to compensate victims without going to trial.
去年6月，旧金山总教区宣布已达成协议，同意支付3.95亿美元，向约530名遭其神职人员性侵的受害者进行赔偿，以了结相关诉讼。
Last June, the Archdiocese of San Francisco announced it had reached an agreement to pay $395 million to about 530 victims of sexual abuse committed by its clergy to settle their lawsuits.