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The Archdiocese of Santa Fe resolved the claims filed in its bankruptcy through the 2022 settlement. Statute-of-limitations rules for childhood sexual abuse vary by situation and can include discovery-based exceptions. If you were harmed and have not yet come forward, a free, confidential review can explain what options may remain — do not assume it is too late.
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The record
Key Facts
Fact 01
$121.5 million settlement
Source: U.S. Bankruptcy Court — approved Dec. 2022
Fact 02
~400 claims resolved
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican, Dec. 2022
Fact 03
$46.5M from insurers; $75M from archdiocese
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican, 2022
Fact 04
Chapter 11 filed 2018
Source: Angelus News / NCR
What is documented
The Allegations
The full account
The Record
The Archdiocese of Santa Fe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018 in response to a flood of claims from hundreds of New Mexicans who said they were sexually abused by priests.
In December 2022 a federal bankruptcy judge approved a $121.5 million settlement resolving nearly 400 claims. Six insurers covered $46.5 million; the archdiocese’s share was $75 million, and the Congregation of the Servants of the Paraclete contributed $4 million. New Mexico was disproportionately affected by clergy abuse in part because the Servants of the Paraclete operated a treatment center for troubled priests in Jemez Springs, some of whom were later allowed to serve in local parishes.
The settlement also created an abuse-document archive maintained by the University of New Mexico — a survivor-negotiated feature not required by comparable settlements elsewhere.
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