The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection has released its 2024 annual report on the implementation of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, the document that has governed the bishops’ response to the abuse crisis since 2002.
The 2024 annual report summarizes data between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024.
During that period, the abuse scandal cost dioceses and eparchies $242,799,401—including $163.1 million in settlements, $6.1 million in other payments to victims, $63.4 million in attorneys’ fees, and $4.1 million in other costs. Over the past 11 years, the abuse scandal has cost dioceses and eparchies nearly $2.3 billion (p. 31).
During the 2023-24 reporting period, the abuse scandal cost religious institutes an additional $23,565,150 (p. 39)—and that figure is almost certainly low, since only 64% of male religious institutes provided data for the report (p. xii).
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