Eastern Montana Catholic Diocese wants to back out of bankruptcy

BUTTE (MT)
The Montana Standard

March 14, 2018

By Phoebe Tollefson

The Catholic diocese for Eastern Montana is hoping to back out of the bankruptcy proceedings it entered into a year ago, petitioning instead for a settlement with sex abuse victims in state court.

The move comes after negotiations were stalled by disputes over which church assets are fair game in the bankruptcy.

On Tuesday, the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings filed a motion to dismiss its Chapter 11 case with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Montana.

The diocese initiated bankruptcy proceedings roughly a year ago as a way to settle 86 claims by people alleging sexual abuse by Eastern Montana Catholic clergy between the 1940s to the 1980s.

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