An insurer for the Archdiocese of Baltimore has proposed contributing $100 million towards a settlement for abuse victims, marking the latest development in the archdiocese’s long-running bankruptcy proceedings linked to clerical sexual abuse. Court documents cited by EWTN show that Hartford Insurance Group made the offer in a filing submitted on 3 April in US bankruptcy court.
The Archdiocese of Baltimore filed for bankruptcy protection in September 2023 as it faced the prospect of a large number of abuse-related lawsuits. The move came shortly before Maryland’s Child Victims Act took effect in October that year. According to EWTN, that law removed the statute of limitations for civil negligence suits relating to child sexual abuse.
