Lawyers for Gallup Diocese say they will submit settlement

Artesia News
January 20, 2016

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Attorneys for a New Mexico diocese say they plan to submit a proposed settlement plan next month for a bankruptcy case that has lasted two years.

The Albuquerque Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1Owo6LQ ) that attorneys for the Diocese of Gallup on Tuesday told a U.S. Bankruptcy judge that they will submit a proposal in the 26-month-old case.

Judge David Thuma says he hopes to schedule a confirmation hearing in April to finalize the settlement.

The Gallup diocese filed Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy in November 2013 in response to lawsuit alleging sexual abuse of children by clergy. The bankruptcy proceedings pertain to insurance policies the diocese reportedly had in the 1960s and ’70s.