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Harrisburg Diocese Agrees To Create $7.5 Million Trust For Sex Abuse Survivors Harrisburg Diocese Agrees To Create $7.5 Million Trust For Sex Abuse Survivors
Harrisburg Diocese Agrees To Create $7.5 Million Trust For Sex Abuse Survivors A settlement has been reached and the Diocese of Harrisburg has agreed to set up a trust for the survivors of sexual abuse at the hands of its clergy.  The agreed $7.5 million trust would allow the Diocese to come out of bankruptcy protection— the dioceses had filed for bankruptcy in 2020, and more than 50 people have filed claims that they were abused by priests since that time.  "The steps we take today continue our commitment and responsibility to support survivors of clergy abuse, and to make restitution for the suffering they have endured," Bishop Ronald Gainer said in a news…

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by Jillian Pikora