MINNEAPOLIS (MN)
Star Tribune
March 3, 2018
By Jean Hopfensperger
Victims and parishes in Twin Cities archdiocese dwell in uncertainty as bankruptcy drags on
“First there was the sex abuse. Then years of coverup. Then the archdiocese fought against us in the Legislature. Now it’s three years with no settlement. What kind of message does that send?” said David
David Lind has waited three years for justice.
But the bankruptcy of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis still drags on — entering its fourth year with no settlement in sight and no relief for Lind and more than 400 other men and women who claim they were abused by local priests when they were children and teenagers.
The case is now on track to be one of the longest archdiocese bankruptcies in the nation, and the protracted dispute is placing mounting strains on all parties involved.
“First there was the sex abuse,” said Lind, an altar boy in St. Paul Park in the 1960s. “Then years of coverup. Then the archdiocese fought against us in the Legislature. Now it’s three years with no settlement. What kind of message does that send?”
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