Catholic Diocese Of Oakland To Create Sex Abuse Survivors' Fund In Wake Of Bankruptcy

CBS Bay Area

November 11, 2024

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland, which filed for bankruptcy last year in the wake of hundreds of child sex abuse lawsuits, said Sunday that it will create a survivors' trust to compensate victims of the church.

"I apologize without reservation for the terrible suffering survivors have endured," said Bishop Michael Barber in a news release. "I and everyone in the Diocese of Oakland remain committed to the healing of survivors and their families, and to ensure no clergy, religious, employee or volunteer who would abuse a child can be in any ministry in our church."

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland filed for bankruptcy protection in May 2023 in the face of 345 child sex abuse claims going back decades, church officials said. Lawyers for the survivors say the number is more like 370.

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