The Archdiocese of New York agreed on October 27, 2026, to pay more than $800 million to roughly 1,300 people who say clergy abused them, ending more than seven years of litigation. All plaintiffs signed on unanimously, per Jeff Anderson and Associates, and Archbishop Ronald Hicks confirmed it to clergy. The deal, second largest of its kind in the US, is not final until documents are signed the week of November 6, and requires a published credibly accused list and a public archive at Iona University. Reporting since has surfaced a 1963 Boy Scouts letter warning the Archdiocese of Long Island that O'Hara had molested a boy, an investigation finding around 240 victims, and the funding behind the payout: a…