MILWAUKEE (WI)
Wall Street Journal

By TOM CORRIGAN

Clergy sexual abuse victims will soon begin voting on a $21 million settlement, which the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee hopes will put its nearly five-year-old chapter 11 case to rest.

Judge Susan Kelley of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Milwaukee on Wednesday approved a plain-language version of the archdiocese’s chapter 11 reorganization plan, at the heart of which is the settlement. Now, the plan will be sent out for a vote by victims and other creditors. Judge Kelley will consider the plan itself at a Nov. 9 hearing.

The terms of the settlement, announced in August, divide about 580 abuse victims into several groups. About 350 victims will share the bulk of the $21 million settlement, and another 105 victims will each receive $2,000, court papers show. The remaining 123 victims, who had previously settled with the archdiocese or otherwise…