{"id":899,"date":"2026-02-11T16:13:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/899\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:13:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:13:25","slug":"ny-archdiocese-accuses-chubb-insurer-of-double-dealing-on-sex-abuse-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/899\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Archdiocese accuses Chubb insurer of double dealing on sex abuse cases"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Archdiocese of New York<\/a> is accusing its insurance company of waging a \u201cshadow campaign\u201d against the church by moonlighting as a sex abuse victims\u2019 rights group.<\/p>\n

The bombshell claims of \u201cfraud and sabotage\u201d were made as part of a lawsuit filed by the archdiocese against Chubb, the insurer defending it against more than 1,500 child sex abuse claims<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cNewly discovered evidence reveals that, since at least 2023, Chubb has been fraudulently posing as a victims\u2019 rights organization known as the \u2018Church Accountability Project\u2019 and attempting to undermine and weaken the Insured\u2019s\u2019 defense,\u201d states the complaint filed in Manhattan Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral in midtown Manhattan on Jan. 25, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The archdiocese has an existing case against Chubb in a dispute over whether the church or its insurers are responsible for payouts in sex abuse cases.<\/p>\n

It accuses Chubb of being the force behind the \u201cChurch Accountability Project,\u201d a website that attacks the archdiocese and supports alleged victims.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe insurance purchased by the Archdiocese is designed to cover accidents, not to compensate for deliberately concealing a pattern of abuse,\u201d the site states.<\/p>\n

\u201cChubb has pressed for transparency and accountability for years, yet the Archdiocese repeatedly refused to share crucial details regarding what they knew and when,\u201d it adds.<\/p>\n

\u201cInsurance excludes this type of conduct for good reason as covering it would reward those who facilitate criminal behavior, rather than those who take vigilant steps to protect children.\u201d<\/p>\n

Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks and Cardinal Timothy Dolan, outgoing Archbishop of New York, process through St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral during a mass on Dec. 18, 2025. REUTERS<\/p>\n

The archdiocese accuses Chubb of being the force behind the \u201cChurch Accountability Project,\u201d a website that attacks the archdiocese and supports alleged victims. SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/p>\n

In the court filing, the archdiocese said Chubb recently confirmed its role with the group attacking the church, and said was seeking punitive damages over it.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing the insureds face more than 1,500 Underlying claims involving allegations of the gravest magnitude, Chubb reassured them to their face while secretly stabbing them in the back for years,\u201d church lawyers said in the filing. \u201cSuch fraud and sabotage easily meet the threshold for moral culpability necessary for punitive damages.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A source close to the church claimed that Chubb was trying to force the archdiocese <\/a>\u2014 which serves 2.8 million Catholics \u2014 to declare bankruptcy so that it would have to pay out fewer claims in sex abuse litigation against the church.<\/p>\n

Other Catholic dioceses, including Albany, Rockville Centre and Rochester, filed for bankruptcy protection <\/a>under the crush of sex abuse claims.<\/p>\n

Members of the archdiocese of New York look on as Bishop Ronald Hicks speaks during a news conference at St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral on Dec. 18, 2025. AP<\/p>\n

Chubb, in its response, said church officials are to blame for covering up decades of sexual abuse.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis filing is the latest desperate tactic to delay justice and distract from the decades of horrific child sexual abuse the Archdiocese of New York enabled and concealed,\u201d a Chubb spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cRather than taking responsibility, the Archdiocese of New York has diverted resources it could have used to compensate deserving victims, to financially stand up a purported victims\u2019 rights group that has never once asked the Church to be held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The insurer added: \u201cIt\u2019s quite telling that the Archdiocese is more outraged about the facts coming to light on a platform we created than they are about the abuses they condoned, concealed and covered up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Archdiocese is delaying payment to deserving victims and failing to provide insurers needed information,\u201d Chubb said.<\/p>\n

The archdiocese in December agreed to negotiate a settlement to compensate 1,300 people who have accused priests and staff lay members of child sex abuse \u2014 and is working to raise $300 million<\/a> to cover the cost.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we have repeatedly acknowledged, the sexual abuse of minors long ago has brought shame upon our Church,\u201d Cardinal Timothy Dolan wrote in a public letter at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Archdiocese of New York is accusing its insurance company of waging a \u201cshadow campaign\u201d against the church…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[1188,1189,1190,240,1191,1187,1192,1048],"class_list":{"0":"post-899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chubb","8":"tag-abuse","9":"tag-archdiocese-of-new-york","10":"tag-child-victims-act","11":"tag-chubb","12":"tag-lawsuits","13":"tag-metro","14":"tag-timothy-dolan","15":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}