Widener Library, Harvard University (in full dress for the inauguration of the new university president. (Credit: Joseph Williams)In 2024, the former director of the morgue at Harvard Medical School pleaded guilty to trafficking stolen human body parts that were typically used for research.The families of the people whose bodies were trafficked, sued the school. Now, two years later, the school has agreed to a massive settlement.It was the smart thing for Harvard to do. The last thing they wanted was a dragged out battle over this with new details about the case being replayed daily in the news.FOX News reports:Harvard agrees to $53M settlement with families after donated body parts were stolen, sold on black marketHarvard University has agreed to a proposed $53 million settlement with families who accused the school of negligently handling its anatomical gift program after a former morgue manager stole and sold body parts from remains donated for medical research and education.Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Debra A. Squires-Lee on Tuesday granted preliminary approval to the class action settlement, which would establish two funds totaling $53 million to resolve claims against the university.A final approval hearing is scheduled for Dec. 9, 2026, when the court will consider whether to grant final approval of the settlement.The litigation followed the 2023 arrest of Cedric Lodge, who managed Harvard Medical School’s morgue for nearly three decades and who prosecutors said stole and sold parts of cadavers donated to the school for medical research and education.Lodge pleaded guilty to interstate transport of stolen human remains and was sentenced to eight years in prison. His wife, Denise Lodge, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison.Lodge admitted that, from 2018 through at least March 2020, he participated in the sale and interstate transport of human remains stolen from the Harvard Medical School morgue, including organs, brains, skin, hands, faces, dissected heads and other parts from donated cadavers after they had been used for research and teaching purposes but before they were disposed of in accordance with anatomical gift donation agreements.This case was truly sickening, like something straight out of a horror movie. Harvard will pay $53 million after its longtime morgue manager stole donated corpses and sold their body parts on the black market.Cedric Lodge stole heads, faces, brains, skin and hands from bodies donated to Harvard Medical School. In one horrifying case, human skin was… pic.twitter.com/rnEheWVsqf— Brandon Tatum (@TheOfficerTatum) August 19, 2026Hopefully, the settlement will bring these families some comfort.The post Harvard Agrees to Pay Massive Settlement to Families Over Ghoulish 2024 Case of Stolen Body Parts Sold on Black Market appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.