MINNESOTA
Star Tribune
Article by: JEAN HOPFENSPERGER , Star Tribune Updated: April 9, 2015
Church wants more time to determine number of claims by abuse victims and response from insurance carriers.
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis was granted more time to construct a financial reorganization plan Thursday, when a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge extended its deadline for filing the plan to Nov. 30.
Archdiocese attorneys argued that it needed more time to both work with insurance carriers and to determine a more precise total number of abuse claims. To file without that information would be counterproductive, they said.
“This gives us time to continue to pursue discussions with all parties,” said Richard Anderson, an attorney representing the archdiocese. “It insures that we won’t have to file something before it is fully vetted.”
However, Judge Robert Kressel denied a motion that would allow the archdiocese to pay its attorneys on a more frequent basis. The archdiocese argued that paying them every 120 days, as permitted by U.S. Bankruptcy code, “imposes an undue burden.” Kressel denied a motion to authorize 60-day payment periods.
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