I’m announcing today the creation of an Independent Reconciliation and Reparations Program available to anyone abused in the past by clergy of the Archdiocese. This effort will be separate and in addition to our already existing survivor-assistance efforts. Leaders independent of the church and who have impeccable credentials in the community will administer it. Funding for the program will come from the Archdiocese, but to be clear, it will not come from our Catholic Charities Appeal, Seminary Appeal, parishes ministries, schools or donor-designated funds.