The Archdiocese of San Francisco has agreed to a $395 million settlement with more than 500 survivors who say they were sexually abused as children by clergy and other church employees, plaintiffs' attorneys and church officials announced Monday. The deal, reached nearly three years after the archdiocese filed for bankruptcy protection, resolves roughly 530 claims filed after California temporarily lifted the statute of limitations on childhood sexual abuse lawsuits. Attorney Jeff Anderson, who represents hundreds of clergy abuse survivors, called the agreement the largest per-survivor settlement ever reached in a bankruptcy involving a Catholic diocese. Beyond the payout, the archdiocese committed to a 14-point reform plan covering child protection and transparency. The plan requires new oversight measures, including amendments to whistleblower policy, the addition of a survivor of clerical abuse to the Archdiocese Independent Review Board, and an anonymous online reporting system. The church must also release survivors from existing nondisclosure agreements, ban future confidentiality agreements, and publish a partial list of clergy members accused of abuse — something every other Catholic diocese in California has already done, while Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone had previously declined. Cordileone has also agreed to personally write a letter of apology to each survivor. In a statement, Cordileone said the settlement "provides a path toward fair compensation for survivors who have borne the weight of this abuse for a lifetime." The agreement isn't final. Each survivor will vote on the proposal, and U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali will ultimately have to sign off before it takes effect. Attorneys say the new safeguards will be enforced through the bankruptcy court system going forward. Survivor Margie O'Driscoll, who alleged she was abused decades ago by a priest at Marin Catholic High School, called the settlement a turning point. "Today's shame is going to change sides," she said, describing it as an acknowledgment of systemic denials and cover-ups by the archdiocese.