MINNESOTA
Minnesota Public Radio
Peter Cox St. Paul, Minn.
Jun 1, 2017
A Catholic religious order has filed for bankruptcy protection and agreed to a $25.5 million settlement to pay 43 sexual abuse survivors.
The Crosier Fathers & Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in federal bankruptcy court in Minneapolis Thursday.
“The decision to file for reorganization was difficult, but given the number of claimants who came forward when the state of Minnesota opened the statute of limitations for asserting claims of sexual abuse, we believe a Chapter 11 reorganization is the only way that all claimants can be offered a fair and just resolution within the Crosiers’ limited financial resources,” said Prior Provincial Thomas Enneking in a statement.
Crosier ran a prep school, which is where much of the alleged abuse occured in the 1970s and 1980s. The school has since closed.
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