Washington ? The Spokane Catholic Diocese has agreed to pay at least $48 million to people molested by priests as part of a deal to emerge from bankruptcy, a federal mediator announced Thursday.

Federal Bankruptcy Judge Gregg W. Zive in Reno, Nev., said the settlement would provide survivors “with some measure of closure and allow them to move forward and continue the healing process.”

The proposed reorganization plan was filed in federal bankruptcy court in Spokane. It still must be approved by victims and another bankruptcy judge.

The number of victims who would be covered by the settlement was not immediately clear. About 150 individual claims were filed against the diocese as part of the bankruptcy, although not all of those chose to sue.