DELAWARE
ABC 27
Posted: Dec 18, 2012 7:02 PM
By RANDALL CHASE
Associated Press
DOVER, Del. (AP) – A federal judge has ruled in favor of an ex-priest who challenged a ban on future payments to accused pedophile priests as part of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington’s bankruptcy plan.
Judge Sue Robinson ruled Tuesday that the bankruptcy judge went too far in refusing to confirm the diocese’s reorganization plan unless it prohibited payments to priests publicly identified by the late Bishop Michael Saltarelli as child abusers. 1 of those priests, Kenneth Martin, challenged the ban on benefit payments.
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