MINNESOTA
CBS Minnesota
Esme Murphy
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — Monday at 5 p.m. was the deadline for filing a claim against the Twin Cities Archdiocese.
As of Monday evening, the Archdiocese is facing $25.6 million in claims, but that figure will jump dramatically. Of the 655 claims against the Archdiocese, more than 400 are from victims of clergy abuse.
A bankruptcy court will decide at a later date how much those claims are worth, and there was a last minute rush Monday to beat the deadline.
At the offices of attorney Jeff Anderson the phone has not stopped ringing. Office coordinator Michelle Stoltz answered the phone all day.
“It’s been frantic, nonstop,” Stoltz said.
Stoltz said some victims waited until Monday to come forward and file a claim.
“I had a man tell me he was very nervous to call in,” Stoltz said. “He felt that God was going to strike him dead.”
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