What to KnowThe agreement involving the nation's largest Catholic Archdiocese announced Wednesday settles 1,354 child sexual abuse claims.It is the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles settles $880 million for over 1,300 childhood sexual abuse claims, the largest such settlement in U.S. history.

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to 1,353 people who say they were sexually abused as children by members of the church.

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades, in what an attorney said was the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese,

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse in the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese.

Attorneys for 1,353 people who allege that they suffered horrific abuse at the hands of Catholic priests reached the settlement after months of negotiations with the archdiocese, the LA Times reported.

The Archdioceses of Los Angeles has reached an $880 million settlement Wednesday with 1,353 victims of childhood sexual abuse cases. Survivors came forward after California passed Assembly Bill 218, which opened a three-year window for the revival of civil claims of past sexual abuse involving minors.