GUAM
Pacific Daily News
November 8, 2018
By Haidee V. Eugenio
Only about eight of the nearly 200 clergy sex abuse cases filed on Guam were settled during September’s mediation, and parties in the lawsuits on Thursday asked the courts to give them until mid-January to continue negotiations.
Lawyers for plaintiffs and defendants gave U.S. District Court Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood and Superior Court Judge Michael Bordallo an update about the ongoing mediation.
The Archdiocese of Agana’s counsel also informed the courts of the church’s planned filing of reorganization bankruptcy by mid-December to mid-January, to help settle the clergy abuse cases by using a combination of non-essential asset sale and insurance money.
The judges said they want another update about the negotiations by 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 18, 2019.
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