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AFTER FIVE yEARS AND MILLIONS SPENT, SETTLEMENT MARKS END TO DARK CHAPTER
Archdiocese of New Orleans emerges from bankruptcy BY STEPHANIE RIEGEL Staff writer
In a landmark ruling, a federal judge has approved a $230 million settlement between the Archdiocese of New Orleans and hundreds of survivors of clergy sex abuse, marking an end to one of the darkest chapters in the 232-year history of the local Roman Catholic Church. The archdiocese confirmed that the plan was approved on Monday by Judge Meredith GraAymond bill in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The plan is set to go into effect later this month and will create a settlement trust funded over several years. The archdiocese will contribute $70 million, with $60 million coming from its parishes and charities, $30 million from settling insurers and $70 million in anticipated proceeds from the pending sale of Christopher Homes, a portfolio of low-income elderly senior housing. It will be distributed among eligible abuse survivors with payments beginning as soon as the first quarter of 2026. The plan will also establish new, tougher child protection and abuse reporting policies, which the archdiocese has vowed to uphold. In a statement Monday, Archbishop Gregory Aymond said he was pleased that a bankruptcy process that began in 2020 had finally ended, and said he hoped that survivors of abuse would “find some closure.”
Mystic Kings slated to roll Jan. 5, day before official start of Carnival BY DOUG MacCASH Staff writer
The Carnival season traditionally starts on Kings Day, Jan. 6, said to be the moment in the Bible when the three kings reached baby Jesus in Bethlehem. But in 2026, the parading season in New Orleans may start a bit early. The New Orleans Police Department on Friday issued a permit for a new parade that will roll through the French Quarter and Central Business District on Jan. 5. According to NOPD spokesperson Aaron Looney, the Mystic Kings Krewe has gotten the green light to present the parade, pending the payment of fees due one week before the procession rolls. On Monday, founder Cecil Roebuck said
A federal judge on Monday signed off on a plan for the Archdiocese of New Orleans to pay at least $230 million to hundreds of survivors of clergy sexual abuse.
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Cecil Roebuck plans to present a new parade on Jan. 5, starting the Carnival season one day early. The Mystic Kings parade will celebrate the biblical three kings who traveled to greet the baby Jesus in Bethlehem.
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Evelyn Griffin appointed La. surgeon general BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN Staff writer
hurt, to what extent they were hurt,” Trump said, explaining how the administration came up with the size of the package. Trump said the money for the program will come from tariff revenue. Farmers have backed Trump
Gov. Jeff Landry has appointed Evelyn Griffin, a doctor who has worked on maternal mortality and voiced skepticism about vaccines, to be Louisiana’s next surgeon general. “Her clinical experience, her leadership in advancing maternal health, and her dedication to strengthening the doctor-patient relationGriffin ship make her the exact right choice for this role,” Landry said in a release Monday announcing Griffin’s appointment. “With Dr. Griffin stepping in, I’m confident Louisiana is in good hands and headed toward a healthier, stronger future.”
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Trump promises $12 billion in aid for farmers their crops while getting hit by year,” Iowa farmer Cordt lins said. The aid will move by Crop sales struggle rising costs after the president Holub told Trump during the the end of February, she said. “We looked at how they were amid trade war raised tariffs on China as part event.
of a broader trade war. He unveiled the plan Monday afternoon at a White House roundtable with Agriculture Associated Press Secretary Brooke Rollins, lawWASHINGTON — President Don- makers from farm states, and ald Trump announced a $12 farmers who thanked him for billion farm aid package on the help. “With this bridge payment, Monday — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell we’ll be able to farm another
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Rollins put the immediate value of the program at $11 billion — money that the White House said will offer one-time payments to row-crop farmers. Another $1 billion will be put aside for specialty crops as the administration works to better understand the circumstances for those farmers, Rol-
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