MINNESOTA
Minnesota Public Radio
Martin Moylan Jul 30, 2015
Time is running out for sex abuse victims and others to file claims against the bankrupt Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. But that could change.
The claims deadline is Monday. But a federal judge will hear arguments Thursday morning for and against pushing the claims deadline back to May of 2016.
The creditors committee in the case — composed entirely of sex abuse victims — contends that the archdiocese has provided inadequate notice of the Aug. 3 deadline. It wants to give victims more time to file.
The committee also contends that pushing back the deadline would actually expedite a settlement and provide more insurance money for abuse victims.
Robert Kugler, attorney for the creditors’ committee, said insurers don’t want to settle claims against the archdiocese only to get hit with another round of potentially costly claims against the parishes for abuse suffered perhaps decades ago.
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