New York archdiocese to sue insurers over abuse-suit payments
October 02, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: The New York archdiocese is bringing suit against its insurance company for “attempting to evade their legal and moral contractual obligation” in the payment of sex-abuse claims, Cardinal Timothy Dolan has announced.
The cardinal said that the archdiocese wants to settle the claims of sex-abuse victims promptly, but has been thwarted by the insurer’s failure to pay. Chubb replied that the archdiocese “tolerated, concealed, and covered up rampant child sexual abuse for decades, and despite having substantial financial resources, they still refuse to compensate their victims.”
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Posted by: feedback -
Oct. 02, 2024 12:32 PM ET USA
"...Insurance company attempting to evade their moral obligation." Very poor choice of words. A broken contract can be legitimately argued, but I would not bring up "moral obligation" in this context. The Bishops were the ones who had moral obligation of the highest order. And failed.
