MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press
By Elizabeth Mohr
emohr@pioneerpress.com
POSTED: 07/16/2015
With the filing deadline weeks away, claims against the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis are flooding into bankruptcy court.
So far, more than 230 claims have been filed for a total of about $7.5 million in requested compensation — not including claims that list no dollar amount.
Some are from retailers, some from government agencies (like the IRS), a couple from clergymen and others from financing firms. More than 170 of the claims are on behalf of sexual abuse victims. And more than 25 churches had filed claims by Thursday afternoon — 14 filed Thursday alone — seeking indemnification against damages from lawsuits, with more filings by the hour.
The Aug. 3 filing deadline was established by the court in April despite objections and is being challenged once again. The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors on Thursday asked the court to consider extending the deadline by nine months.
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