Institution Accountability Directory

California

• Archdiocese of Los AngelesIn October 2024 the Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to pay $880 million to settle 1,353 clergy abuse claims — described as the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a U.S. Catholic archdiocese. With prior payouts, its total exceeds $1.5 billion.CA
• Diocese of FresnoThe Diocese of Fresno filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 1, 2025 to address roughly 153 childhood sexual abuse claims brought under California's Child Victims Act (AB 218). The claims involve about 50 clergy on the diocese's credibly-accused list.CA
• Diocese of OaklandThe Diocese of Oakland filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May 2023 to address more than 330 childhood sexual abuse lawsuits brought under California's AB 218. Competing reorganization plans have proposed survivors' trusts of roughly $160 million to $242 million.CA
• Diocese of SacramentoThe Diocese of Sacramento filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April 1, 2024 to resolve more than 250 childhood sexual abuse lawsuits brought under California's Child Victims Act (AB 218). The case is proceeding through court-supervised mediation.CA
• Diocese of San DiegoThe Diocese of San Diego filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2024 — its second bankruptcy — after more than 480 survivors filed childhood sexual abuse claims. A diocesan spokesperson estimated resolving the claims could exceed $550 million.CA

Connecticut

• Diocese of NorwichThe Diocese of Norwich filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2021 while facing roughly 60 lawsuits over abuse at the Academy at Mount Saint John. Its confirmed reorganization plan established a $31 million trust for survivors; the diocese emerged from bankruptcy in 2025.CT

Louisiana

• Archdiocese of New OrleansA federal judge approved a $230 million settlement in December 2025 ending the archdiocese’s five-year bankruptcy, paying an estimated 600 abuse survivors. Louisiana’s lookback window for older claims remains open through June 14, 2027.LA

Maryland

• Archdiocese of BaltimoreA 2023 Maryland Attorney General report named 156 abusers and documented more than 600 victims across the archdiocese. Maryland then abolished the civil statute of limitations for child sexual abuse — a change the state’s highest court upheld in February 2025.MD

New Jersey

• Diocese of CamdenThe southern New Jersey diocese established an $87.5 million trust for more than 300 abuse survivors to resolve its Chapter 11 bankruptcy; holdout insurers later agreed to add $180 million to the fund.NJ

New Mexico

• Archdiocese of Santa FeA federal bankruptcy judge approved a $121.5 million settlement in December 2022 resolving nearly 400 clergy abuse claims against the New Mexico archdiocese, which had been disproportionately affected by abusive priests sent to a local treatment center.NM

New York

• Diocese of AlbanyThe Diocese of Albany filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 15, 2023 amid hundreds of Child Victims Act claims. In March 2026 it reached a $148 million settlement with survivors — among the largest by a New York diocese — with insurer contributions still to be negotiated.NY
• Diocese of BuffaloThe western New York diocese reached a settlement in principle in April 2025 to pay $150 million to more than 800 abuse survivors; with insurer contributions the total reorganization plan grew to roughly $274 million.NY
• Diocese of OgdensburgThe Diocese of Ogdensburg, covering New York's North Country, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2023 in response to 125 Child Victims Act claims. In May 2026 it announced a $45 million settlement with survivors.NY
• Diocese of RochesterAfter nearly six years in bankruptcy, the western New York diocese’s $246.35 million settlement for about 500 abuse survivors was approved in September 2025 — averaging roughly $500,000 per survivor.NY
• Diocese of Rockville CentreThe Long Island diocese exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 2024 with a $323 million settlement for roughly 600 abuse survivors — the largest Catholic diocesan bankruptcy settlement in U.S. history.NY
• Diocese of SyracuseThe Diocese of Syracuse filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2020 after being named in 411 Child Victims Act lawsuits. A federal judge approved a $176.1 million survivors' settlement in August 2025, funded by the diocese, its parishes and insurers.NY

Rhode Island

• Diocese of ProvidenceA March 2026 Rhode Island Attorney General report identified 72 credibly accused clergy and at least 315 victims, and found the diocese concealed abuse for more than 70 years. Rhode Island’s revival window is open from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028.RI

California

• MacLaren HallMacLaren Hall was a Los Angeles County juvenile shelter in El Monte that housed thousands of foster and dependent children from 1961 until it closed in 2003. Claims tied to the facility are a major part of Los Angeles County's record $4 billion-plus AB 218 abuse settlement approved in 2025.CA

Illinois

• Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention CenterThe Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) in Chicago is a focus of sweeping Illinois litigation in which hundreds of former detainees allege staff sexual abuse. A July 2024 suit was filed on behalf of 193 JTDC survivors, part of Illinois filings that have grown to more than 900 plaintiffs.IL

New Hampshire

• Sununu Youth Services CenterNew Hampshire's state youth detention center — long known as the Youth Development Center (YDC) and later the Sununu Youth Services Center — is at the center of one of the nation's largest state-run abuse scandals. A 2024 jury returned a $38 million verdict, and a state settlement fund has paid survivors more than $156 million.NH

Pennsylvania

• Glen Mills SchoolsGlen Mills Schools in Delaware County, Pennsylvania — the oldest reform school in the country — closed in 2019 after a Philadelphia Inquirer investigation exposed decades of violence against boys sent there. Settlements have included a $3 million education-claims fund and a $450,000 state settlement.PA