US diocese in deal to pay victims of abuse
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee in the United States said on Tuesday that it will pay US$21 million to more than 300 victims of clergy abuse in a settlement that would end a four-year bankruptcy proceeding.
The proposed deal, which will be part of a reorganization plan submitted to a bankruptcy court later this month, was to be reviewed by a judge overseeing the case at a November 9 hearing. Archbishop Jerome Listecki called the settlement a “new Pentecost”.
“Today, we turn the page on a terrible part of our history and we embark on a new road lined with hope, forgiveness and love,” Listecki said in a statement.
The settlement was reached after three days of negotiations in July in Milwaukee between the archdiocese, the creditors’ committee and attorneys for abuse survivors, the archdiocese said.
Attorney Jeff Anderson, who represents people who have filed 350 of the approximately 570 bankruptcy claims, criticized the archdiocese for trying to have hundreds of claims thrown out of court before a November bankruptcy hearing.
Under terms of the deal, 330 abuse survivors will share US$21 million and a US$500,000 therapy fund will be established for them to receive counseling for as long as they need it. All of the archdiocese’s parishes, schools and institutions would be protected from future lawsuits related to abuse claims.
The archdiocese filed for bankruptcy protection in 2011 to address its sex abuse lawsuit liabilities.
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