MINNESOTA
Canonical Consultation
12/17/2015
Jennifer Haselberger
The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis is scheduled to appear in Ramsey County Court tomorrow, and the buzz is that a settlement is going to be announced.
If what I am hearing is correct, the settlement will not resolve the criminal case. Instead, it will respond to the issues outlined in the civil petition, and grant the court jurisdiction over some aspects of Archdiocese’s safe environment/child protection efforts.
Interestingly, the Archdiocese has not, to my knowledge, informed any of its clergy about the proposed settlement or its terms, despite the fact that they will likely be the ones most impacted (as was the case with the settlement in the Doe 1 case, with its child protection protocols). Since the rumors suggest that the criminal charges are still pending, victims and others seeking financial compensation from the Archdiocese are unlikely to experience negative consequences regardless of what the agreement contains.
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