MINNESOTA
Star Tribune
By Jean Hopfensperger Star Tribune NOVEMBER 15, 2016
The fund for victims of clergy sex abuse would double from a proposed $65 million to $130 million under an amended bankruptcy reorganization plan filed Tuesday by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
The increase is likely the result of new insurance settlements reached by the archdiocese, which is holding a news conference at 1 p.m. to offer details.
More than 400 individuals have filed claims against the archdiocese in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, alleging its clergy had sexually abused them as children.
In May, the archdiocese filed a reorganization plan which established a $65 million trust fund for victims, a fund that it said would grow as insurance settlements were reached. Victims’ attorneys denounced that amount as inadequate.
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