Archdiocese bankruptcy judge allows two claims to stand

MILWAUKEE (WI)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

By Annysa Johnson of the Journal Sentinel

Feb. 9, 2012

The federal judge in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee bankruptcy case offered a split decision in a pivotal hearing Thursday, allowing two child sex abuse claims to stand. A third, filed by a man who had previously received a $100,000 settlement, was disalowed.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Susan V. Kelley made it clear her decision to allow the two claims to stand doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll be paid. At issue is when the clock should have started ticking on the fraud allegations, and that is a question for trial, she said.

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